EHang Opens its European Urban Air Mobility Center for eVTOL Aircraft, in Spain
ALGUAIRE, Spain, Nov. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Chinese company
EHang, a global leader in the field of Urban Air Mobility (UAM), has
inaugurated an avant-garde center in Spain for the so-called air taxis.
Located within the Lleida-Alguaire International Airport in Catalonia, the
center represents the first facility in Europe for unmanned electric
Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft, the eVTOLs, and will be a benchmark
for the integration of these drones with airport infrastructures and air
traffic management systems. EHang´s EH216-S eVTOL, the first in the world
certified for passenger transportation, deployed at the UAM Center, will
allow the generation of valuable operational experience, for their safe
integration in European airspace. The Center includes a vertiport, an area
for the takeoff and landing of air taxis, which complies with the design
criteria of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The vertiport
will allow the perfect integration of eVTOLs with the airport terminal and
expand knowledge in the field, facilitating the use of air taxis in more
locations. "The creation of EHang's European urban air mobility center
marks an important step forward in the company's international
development," explained Huazhi Hu, founder, chairman, and CEO of the
company based in Guangzhou, during the inauguration event. "With this
world-class center, EHang intends to demonstrate its strong commitment to
the development and proliferation of Urban Air Mobility in Europe,"
continued the CEO, emphasizing that the company intends "to share its
certified and validated technology and its extensive operational experience
with its partners around the world, to realize our shared vision of
benefiting the whole society with safe, autonomous, and eco-friendly urban
air mobility solutions." "We are particularly proud of the collaboration
with EHang, a leading company in the development of unmanned aerial
vehicles in the world," and "we are grateful for choosing our international
airport as the first European UAM base," said Marc Sanglas, Secretary for
Mobility and Infrastructure of the Government of Catalonia, in Spain.
"EHang's European UAM Center was initially conceived to support the
company's operations and activities in the SESAR-JU U-ELCOME and EUSPA
SAMVA projects. Furthermore, we are looking at extending its applications
to innovative urban air mobility projects, as well as to certification and
airworthiness requirements to further promote the development of the
industry and make urban air mobility a reality in Europe," stated Victoria
Xiang, COO of EHang in Europe and Latin America.
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