Press Release
JAL selected as the eVTOL Operator of "Future Society Showcase Project Exhibition" "Advanced Air Mobility" at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan
JAL has been selected as the eVTOL Operator of “Future Society Showcase Project Exhibition” “Smart Mobility Expo" “Advanced Air Mobility” at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan.
We are planning to study and discuss the operation plan for the project and conclude a sponsorship agreement.
We have been studying and preparing for the social implementation of electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL) in Japan by participating in Public-Private Committee for Advanced Air Mobility and Air Mobility Revolution Social Implementation The Osaka Round Table (*1). At Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, we will fly them as the eVTOL Operator, providing customers with an exciting experience.
Contents of the project
At Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan , an important stage for the social implementation of advanced air mobility, JAL will conduct a safe and secure eVTOL operation by utilizing the knowledge and experience we have accumulated in our more than 70 years of air transportation business.
■We aim to operate eVTOLs between two ports inside and outside the Expo site.
■Planned eVTOL : VoloCity
VoloCity is a two-seater multicopter electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft developed by Volocopter GmbH (*2) of Germany.
It is expected to play a role in a new transportation network linking urban centers, suburbs, and airports. The company has conducted a number of test flights overseas, and plans to launch commercial operations in Paris,
France, Singapore, and other cities in 2024.
【Performance 】
Max. airspeed 110 km/h, Range 35 km, Max. payload 200 kg
【Structures 】
Overall height 2.5 m, Diameter of the rotor rim incl. rotor 11.3 m
*1
Public-Private Committee for Advanced Air Mobility and Air Mobility
Revolution and Social Implementation The Osaka Round Table
https://www.meti.go.jp/policy/mono_info_service/mono/robot/pdf/aam_in_japan_eng.pdf
*2
Volocopter GmbH
https://www.volocopter.com/
Japan Airlines and Volocopter Sign Agreement to Develop and Launch Air
Mobility Services in Japan
https://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/202009/005785.html
JAL conducts Environmental Survey in Osaka to Realize eVTOL ~conducting
verification of eVTOL's social acceptability in cooperation with Volocopter
GmbH.~
https://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/202110/006295.html
(Reference)
JAL Air Mobility AIR TAXI
https://www.jal.com/en/air_mobility/#JAL_AIR_TAXI