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Vertiport Developer Calls for Advanced Air Mobility Investors To See Beyond Short-term Returns
SkyScape is planning for networks of vertiports across the Asia-Pacific region, starting in Japan and South Korea.
SkyScape is working on plans for vertiports in the Asia-Pacific region.
SkyScape is working on plans for vertiports in the Asia-Pacific region. (Image: SkyScape)

Despite the challenges posed by the extended and still somewhat uncertain certification timelines for eVTOL aircraft, Japan-based SkyScape is adopting an urban-planning approach to guide its philosophy for long-term development of vertiports.

“Investing in the future is innately difficult,” stated founder and president Asa Quesenberry in an interview with FutureFlight. “Establishing advanced air mobility infrastructure becomes a tough proposition when the aircraft won’t arrive for another three to four years. It’s a difficult sell. Some groups won’t make it to the starting line.”