{"id":196807,"date":"2025-04-07T13:47:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T11:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=196807"},"modified":"2025-05-12T14:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:41:59","slug":"china-flying-taxis-authorised-ehang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/china-flying-taxis-authorised-ehang","title":{"rendered":"China: flying taxis authorised to take off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vapo-snippet automatic\">\n\n<p>Once the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/taxis-volants-jo-2024-paris-20230622.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic promises for Paris 2024<\/a>and on the fringes of numerous projects in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/urban-blue-aeroports-nice-vertiports-20211026.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe<\/a> as in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/taxis-volants-united-chicago-archer-20230329.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a>it's finally the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/evtol-chine-mi-voiture-mi-avion-20240422.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a><\/strong> which could become a pioneer in the flying taxi sector. This seems to be borne out by the new type approval granted to the manufacturer - a Chinese one, of course. <strong>EHang<\/strong>.  The Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) has given the go-ahead for the transport of passengers in unmanned flying taxis. Two cities are concerned by this authorisation: <strong>Guangzhou and Hefei<\/strong>. According to information gathered by CNBC, the first flights could begin as early as June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/taxis-volants-hub-korean-air-bucheon-20250512.html\/\" data-id=\"199669\">Flying taxis: a Korean hub...<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vapo-content\" style=\"display:none\">\n<p>Once the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/taxis-volants-jo-2024-paris-20230622.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic promises for Paris 2024<\/a>and on the fringes of numerous projects in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/urban-blue-aeroports-nice-vertiports-20211026.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Europe<\/a> as in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/taxis-volants-united-chicago-archer-20230329.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States<\/a>it's finally the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/evtol-chine-mi-voiture-mi-avion-20240422.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a><\/strong> which could become a pioneer in the flying taxi sector. This seems to be borne out by the new type approval granted to the manufacturer - a Chinese one, of course. <strong>EHang<\/strong>.  The Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) has given the go-ahead for the transport of passengers in unmanned flying taxis. Two cities are concerned by this authorisation: <strong>Guangzhou and Hefei<\/strong>. According to information gathered by CNBC, the first flights could begin as early as June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/taxis-volants-hub-korean-air-bucheon-20250512.html\/\" data-id=\"199669\">Flying taxis: a Korean Air hub in Bucheon<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"381\" data-id=\"196831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ehang-b.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ehang-b.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ehang-b-300x176-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"382\" data-id=\"196833\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ehang-hefei.jpg\" alt=\"Two sites for Chinese manufacturer EHang\" class=\"wp-image-196833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ehang-hefei.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/ehang-hefei-300x176-derived.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\"><em>Two sites for Chinese manufacturer EHang<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/abu-dhabi-taxi-volant-20241128.html\/\" data-id=\"186265\">Abu Dhabi prepares to welcome flying taxis in 2025<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-quote\"><blockquote><p>This milestone officially marks the launch of the era of commercial flights in China, allowing citizens and consumers to purchase tickets for low-level tourism, city tours and various commercial passenger services at the relevant operating sites in Guangzhou and Hefei.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>\" <em>Today, with the new operating certificate, <strong>EHang <\/strong>becomes the first eVTOL company in the world to obtain all the regulatory certifications<\/em> \"said the manufacturer in a press release published on 30 March. It continued: \" <em>This milestone officially marks the launch of the era of commercial flights in China, allowing citizens and consumers to purchase tickets for low-level tourism, city tours and various commercial passenger services at the relevant operating sites in Guangzhou and Hefei.<\/em> \".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/volocopter-taxis-volants-retour-20250220.html\/\" data-id=\"192529\">Flying taxis: a winning comeback for Volocopter?<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vapo-widget\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China takes pole position in the race for flying taxis. 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