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Korean Mobility App Backs Urban Air Mobility Feasibility Study
Kakao Mobility and Volocopter are conducting a joint study into how urban air mobility services could be launched in South Korea in 2025.
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Volocopter recently conducted public demonstration flights with its 2X eVTOL at airports serving the South Korean capital Seoul. (Photo; Volocopter)

South Korean mobility group Kakao is starting a joint feasibility study with eVTOL aircraft developer Volocopter to explore the potential for launching urban air mobility (UAM) services in the country. Under a memorandum of understanding signed on November 23, the companies plan to release their findings in February 2022 to support ongoing efforts backed by the South Korean government to see UAM operations begin in 2025.

Earlier this month, Germany-based Volocopter conducted two public test flights with its 2X eVTOL vehicle in Seoul, the South Korean capital. The first was at Gimpo International Airport on November 11 and the second at Incheon International Airport, as part of the 2021 K-UAM Confex event on November 16. South Korea, Japan, China, and Singapore appear to be emerging as likely Asian early-adopters of eVTOL air taxi services.