Delivery of the world’s first civil tonnage eVTOL aircraft: domestic manufacturer Fengfei Airlines’ “Shengshilong” air taxi

News from this site on April 1st, Fengfei Aviation Technology announced today that it has officially delivered the first Shengshilong to Japan’s AAM (Advanced Air Traffic) pioneer operator, for urban air traffic demonstration flights , and fully promote the goal of achieving eVTOL demonstration flight at the 2025 Osaka Expo.

#According to reports, Shengshilong is an eVTOL electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft independently developed by Fengfei, also known as "air taxi". Shengshilong has a maximum takeoff weight of 2 tons and a 5-seat design. In 2023, it set a global range record of 250.3 kilometers for a 2-ton eVTOL on a single charge, and completed the world's first formation flight of three eVTOLs above a ton level. .

In February this year, Shengshilong successfully completed the first demonstration flight of the eVTOL cross-sea and cross-city route from Shenzhen to Zhuhai, shortening the one-way 2.5-3 hours ground drive to 20 minutes.

The customer who delivered the first Shengshilong is a century-old Japanese enterprise and the earliest AAM operator in Japan. It purchased the Shengshilong for use in eVTOL medium and long-distance point-to-point future air traffic demonstration flights in Japan. According to public information, is the delivery of the world’s first civil tonnage eVTOL aircraft.

#The company is headquartered in Shanghai and is one of the first domestic technology companies to invest in the large-scale eVTOL unmanned aerial vehicle industry. The European Airworthiness Center has been established in Germany and the North American Business Center has been established in the United States.

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