eFlight Journal 02-2020
E-Flight Journal 2-2020
E-Flight Journal 2-2020
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Cover News Story<br />
Korean government plan for urban air mobility trial<br />
in Seoul in 2<strong>02</strong>5<br />
On June 12 the Ministry of Transport<br />
of South Korea stated that<br />
South Korea plans to start trial<br />
operation of urban air mobility<br />
(UAM) services in the domestic<br />
market in 2<strong>02</strong>5. The Ministry<br />
said in a statement that the government<br />
plans to provide UAM<br />
services for one or two routes in<br />
downtown Seoul from 2<strong>02</strong>5, and<br />
then increase the number of landing<br />
sites to 10 by 2030. The Ministry<br />
predicts that by 2040 the UAM<br />
market in South Korea will reach<br />
13 trillion won (11 billion USD).<br />
The Ministry said it will work with<br />
Hyundai Motor Group and other<br />
domestic companies to promote<br />
the commercialization of UAM. The statement stated that<br />
the UAM trial operation service aims to provide transportation<br />
services such as electric scooters connected<br />
to buses, subways and personal travel within a range of<br />
30 to 50 kilometers in the urban area. In order to promote<br />
UAM services, the Ministry will promote the establishment<br />
of an “integrated ecosystem”, including eVTOL<br />
manufacturing companies, MRO service providers, air<br />
traffic control service providers and insurance services.<br />
Michael Dyment, managing partner of Nexa Advisors,said<br />
that Seoul’s population density ranks fifth in the world,<br />
and its helicopter landing site number also exceeds any<br />
other city in the world. Dyment estimates that Seoul will<br />
have 94 take-off and landing sites for UAM, and the total<br />
investment for ground infrastructure is 262 million USD,<br />
and the air traffic management system will cost 458 million<br />
USD. Dyment believes that the return on investment<br />
from UAM operations in Seoul is very high, so it is worthwhile<br />
for the Korean government to invest heavily in UAM<br />
infrastructure.<br />
China’s first electric helicopter made the first flight<br />
On July 11, 2<strong>02</strong>0, the electric helicopter developed<br />
by the Liaoning General Aviation<br />
Academy (LGAA) of Shenyang Aeronautics<br />
and Astronautics University successfully<br />
flew on the campus of the University for<br />
the first time. This is the first electric-powered<br />
manned helicopter flight in China. The<br />
electric helicopter is developed by the Helicopter<br />
R&D Department of Liaoning General<br />
Aviation Research Institute after more than<br />
500 days to overcome a number of technical<br />
problems. According to the test flight, the<br />
electric helicopter is quiet with a little over 80<br />
decibels noise, and stable control. LGAA is also the designer<br />
and producer of RX1E, the first electric airplane<br />
certified by China’s regulator CAAC under LSA category<br />
in 2016 and the upgraded model RX1E-A with longer duration,<br />
as well as the RX4E prototype, the four-seat electric<br />
airplane who flew for the first time last October.<br />
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