Flying cars are part of the plan for the World Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai and SkyDrive is working toward the launch of air taxi service in the Osaka Bay area during the Expo. To this end, SkyDrive signed a partnership agreement with the Osaka Prefectural Government and Osaka City Government in September 2021 to work toward the practical application of its flying cars in Osaka. To launch a flying car business, it is essential to satisfy safety standards set by local authorities such as Japan?s MLIT, Europe?s EASA, and the FAA in the U.S. It is also necessary to obtain a type certificate (TC). After 2025, we anticipate flying cars will be deployed at locations nationwide to offer sightseeing flight services to tourists and/or shuttle service to luxury hotel guests. We expect that flying cars will see gradual adoption as a means of daily transport in urban areas. Around 2030, as we realize autonomous autopilot technology, flying cars are expected to be used more commonly throughout Japan.
SkyDrive was established in July 2018 with the mission of ?Leading a once-in-a-century mobility revolution.? and it has been furthering its development of flying cars and cargo drones. In the development of flying cars, SkyDrive is the only company in Japan that has successfully conducted manned test flights and it is involved in designing the future system of an air mobility society as a member of Japan?s Public-Private Council for advanced air mobility.
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