EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the
world’s leading Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) technology platform
company, announced the inauguration of its first European UAM
Center in Spain. Located inside the Lleida–Alguaire International
Airport (“LEDA”), the center represents the first-of-its-kind in
Europe for unmanned electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)
aircraft, setting a benchmark globally for the effective
integration of eVTOL aircraft operation with airport
infrastructure, air traffic management systems, operational
procedures, and other information technologies.
(Photo: EH216-S flying at LEDA with the airport,
vertiport and planes behind)
The inception of this UAM center, a globally
pioneering initiative, arises from the collaboration agreement
signed between EHang and Aeroports de Catalunya in the field of UAM
and will enable European aviation and airport sectors to be
positioned at the forefront of global Advanced Air Mobility.
On October 13th, 2023, the Civil Aviation
Administration of China (CAAC) issued the Type Certificate (TC) for
EHang’s EH216-S passenger-carrying Unmanned Aircraft Vehicle (UAV)
System. An unprecedented milestone in the aviation industry, the
EH216-S is the first unmanned eVTOL in the world to obtain TC and
be qualified for commercial passenger-carrying UAV operations in
China.
(Photo: EHang’s European UAM Center
inauguration)
The EH216-S deployed at EHang’s European UAM
Center will foster the accumulation of operational experience as
well as invaluable knowledge. By integrating vast flight experience
gathered from various locations worldwide, this collective
information can be leveraged to the development of technological
solutions, regulations, processes and procedures for the safe and
efficient integration of eVTOL aircraft into European airspace in
the future.
The UAM Center includes a vertiport that is
fully compliance with EASA’s design criteria and will enable
seamlessly incorporation with the airport terminal, platform,
control tower, equipment, procedures and regulations. This
state-of-the-art vertiport will set a benchmark for global UAM
infrastructure and accumulate a vast amount of knowledge and
expertise on the vertiport establishment and operations, which will
enable intelligent eVTOL operating models and facilitate their
smart deployment across multiple locations.
(Photo: Mr. Marc Sanglas, Secretary of Mobility
and Infrastructure of Catalonian Government in Spain, Mr. Huazhi
Hu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of EHang and Ms. Victoria Xiang, COO
of EHang Europe and Latin America delivered speeches at EHang’s
European UAM Centre inauguration)
During the inauguration event, Mr. Huazhi Hu,
Founder, Chairman and CEO of EHang, stated, “The establishment of
EHang’s European UAM Center marks an important step forward in the
Company’s international development. Through this world-class UAM
center, EHang expects to manifest its strong commitment with the
development and deployment of UAM in Europe. EHang aims to share
our certified and validated technology and operational experience
with our partners around the world in the future to make our shared
vision for benefiting all of society with safe, autonomous and
eco-friendly UAM solutions.”
Mr. Marc Sanglas, Secretary of Mobility and
Infrastructure of Catalonian Government in Spain, commented, “We
are especially proud of the cooperation with EHang, a leading
technology company in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles
in the world, to whom we are grateful for having chosen our
international airport as their first European UAM Center.”
Ms. Victoria Xiang, COO of EHang Europe and
Latin America, commented, “EHang’s European UAM Center was
initially conceived for supporting the Company’s operations and
activities under SESAR-JU’s U-ELCOME and EUSPA’s SAMVA projects. In
addition, we are looking at scaling its applications to advance
innovative air mobility projects as well as EASA’s certification
and airworthiness requirements to further promote industry
development and make UAM a reality in Europe, which is a future we
are looking forward to creating.”
(Photo: EH216-S at LEDA Vertiport with the
airport behind)
About EHang
EHang (Nasdaq: EH) is the world’s leading urban
air mobility (“UAM”) technology platform company. Our mission is to
enable safe, autonomous, and eco-friendly air mobility accessible
to everyone. EHang provides customers in various industries with
unmanned aerial vehicle (“UAV”) systems and solutions: air mobility
(including passenger transportation and logistics), smart city
management, and aerial media solutions. EHang has obtained the
world’s first type certificate for unmanned eVTOL from the Civil
Aviation Administration of China in 2023. As the forerunner of
cutting-edge UAV technologies and commercial solutions in the
global UAM industry, EHang continues to explore the boundaries of
the sky to make flying technologies benefit our life in smart
cities. For more information, please visit www.ehang.com.
About Aeroports de
Catalunya
Aeroports de Catalunya is responsible of
managing airports, aerodromes, and helipads of Catalonia, Spain.
Aeroports de Catalunya has the mission of connecting Catalonia to
the world through its aeronautical infrastructures and contributing
to face the challenge of a more sustainable future for the
aeronautical sector, and the purpose of promoting both the
development of aviation and the airspace as the qualitative growth
of passengers and cargo.
About SESAR JU
As the technological pillar of the Single
European Sky initiative, SESAR Joint Undertaking (SESAR JU) aims to
modernise and harmonise air traffic management in Europe. The SESAR
JU was established in 2007 as a public-private partnership to
support this endeavour. It does so by pooling the knowledge and
resources of the entire Air Traffic Management (ATM) community in
order to define, research, develop and validate innovative
technological and operational solutions. The SESAR JU is also
responsible for the execution of the European ATM Master Plan which
defines the EU priorities for R&D and implementation. Founded
by the European Union and Eurocontrol, the SESAR JU has 19 members,
who together with their partners and affiliate associations will
represent over 100 companies working in Europe and beyond. The
SESAR JU also works closely with staff associations, regulators,
airport operators, airspace users and the scientific community.
Learn more about
SESAR: www.sesar.eu and www.sesarju.eu.
About EUSPA
EUSPA is the user-oriented operational European
Union Agency for the Space Programme. The agency’s core mission is
to implement the EU Space Programme, and to provide reliable, safe
and secure space-related services, maximizing their socio-economic
benefits for European society and business. EUSPA’s goal is to
provide long-term, state-of-the-art safe and secure Galileo and
EGNOS positioning, navigation, and timing services and
cost-effective satellite communications services for GOVSATCOM,
whilst ensuring service continuity and robustness. It also aims to
communicate, promote, and develop the market for data, information
and services offered by Galileo, EGNOS, Copernicus and
GOVSATCOM.
Safe Harbor Statement
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constitute “forward-looking” statements pursuant to the “safe
harbor” provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform
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and similar statements. Statements that are not historical facts,
including statements about management’s beliefs and expectations,
are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve
inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contained in any
forward-looking statement, including but not limited to those
relating to EH216-S Type Certification, our expectations regarding
demand for, and market acceptance of, our AAV products and
solutions and the commercialization of UAM services, our
relationships with strategic partners, and current litigation and
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