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New Zealand Ok's Cora eVTOL Passenger Flight Trials

The New Zealand government has given its support to passenger-carrying flight trials with Wisk's Cora eVTOL aircraft.

Wisk's Cora eVTOL aircraft has been selected by the New Zealand government to test passenger-carrying air taxi services. [Photo: Wisk]

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

February 4, 2020

The New Zealand government and Wisk today signed a memorandum of understanding for the Cora electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to conduct autonomous passenger-carrying trial flights in the city of Canterbury. Wisk, a joint venture between Boeing and Kitty Hawk, has been testing the all-electric aircraft in New Zealand since 2017 and has logged more than 1,000 flights.

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