Aircraft
China's AutoFlight Delivers First CarryAll eVTOL Freighter
Civil Aviation Administration of China granted an airworthiness certificate on July 21
AutoFlight CarryAll eVTOL freighter
The CarryAll autonomous eVTOL freighter has a maximum takeoff weight of 2,000 kilograms and can carry up to 400 kilograms of cargo. © AutoFlight

Chinese eVTOL start-up AutoFlight delivered its first CaryAll autonomous cargo drone to Heli Chuangxing Intelligent last week after receiving airworthiness certification from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) on July 21. According to the Shanghai-based company, the CarryAll is now the first example of an eVTOL aircraft exceeding a one-ton maximum takeoff weight to achieve CAAC airworthiness certification.

AutoFlight obtained a type certificate for the CarryAll aircraft in March 2024, and in December the CAAC granted it the production license needed to begin manufacturing the type. It broke ground for the construction of its eVTOL aircraft factory in Wuhan on April 10.

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