EHang Expands Plans for eVTOL Sightseeing Flights in China

Several tourism companies in China and Japan believe they can launch sightseeing tours using the autonomous all-electric EH216 vehicle that EHang is working to certify.

EHang 216 eVTOL aircraft — EHang says it has flown Chinese tourists on demonstration flights with its EH216 eVTOL aircraft. (Image: EHang)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

June 22, 2022

Chinese tourism group Tianxingjian plans to use EHang’s EH216 autonomous eVTOL aircraft for sightseeing tours. On June 21, the company said it has signed an “initial purchase order” for five of the two-seat vehicles, with options to take another 25 as it expands flights from the Aizhai Wonder Tourist Area at Jishou in Hunan province, where Tianxingjian is based.

Jishou, where both Tianxingjian and Guangzhou-based EHang have partnership agreements with the city government, is the latest location identified as having potential for eVTOL sightseeing rides. EHang already has a similar partnership with the Greenland Hong Kong real estate group for its Forest Lake complex and also with the LN Garden Hotel in Guangzhou.

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