Regulations and Government
Hong Kong Officials Start eVTOL Aircraft Flight Trials
Transport and safety agencies are exploring plans for China's low-altitude economy
AutoFlight eVTOL aircraft
AutoFlight is developing a family of eVTOL aircraft and has already conducted trial operations in several Chinese locations.

Hong Kong’s Transport and Logistics Bureau has joined forces with its Civil Aviation Department to organize a so-called regulatory sandbox exercise to assess options for operating eVTOL aircraft. This week, the agencies selected Chinese manufacturers AutoFlight and EHang to conduct uncrewed flight trials in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

As part of efforts by the Hong Kong government to establish regulations for eVTOL air services, the project will take a risk-based approach to assessing factors such as the operating environment, timings for flights, the weight and payload of aircraft, as well as flying altitude and speed, and the reliability of GNSS-based navigation. The exercise is part of a wider effort to showcase technologies that could support China’s ambitions to develop a low-altitude economy.