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Public Flight Demo Gives Korea a Look at EHang's 216 AAV
Authorities in the country's capital want to launch urban air mobility services between 2023 and 2026.
Seoul EHang 216 AAV
Son Myoung Soo (left), vice minister of South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastrucure and Transport, tries EHang's 216 AAV aircraft alongside the acting mayor of Seoul, Seo Jeong-hyup. (Photo: EHang)

EHang is publicly demonstrating its 216 Autonomous Aerial Vehicle in South Korea this week. On November 11, the Chinese eVTOL aircraft developer flew the aircraft during the “Open the Urban Sky” event in Seoul, the country's capital. Seoul was the first stop in a tour that was due to go to several other undisclosed Korean cities to demonstrate the aircraft’s potential for applications such as air taxi service, sightseeing, and logistics.

The public flights with the two-seater aircraft have been permitted under a special certificate of airworthiness granted by South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport. According to EHang, the Seoul metropolitan government has purchased one of the 216 AAVs and it has already been registered as “HL008X.”