EnB AIR Co. has signed an agreement for the purchase of a Bell 505 helicopter in South Korea. This marks the first Bell 505 helicopter sale to a commercial entity in South Korea, following the Republic of Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration selecting the Bell 505 as the new military helicopter trainer in 2022. Established in 2020, EnB AIR provides helicopte...
Skyports Infrastructure has entered a partnership with Jeju Air Co., Korea’s number one low-cost airline, to support the deployment of vertiports for air taxi operations in Korea. The agreement formalised during a signing ceremony at Gimpo City, Korea, will bring together Skyports and Jeju Air’ complementary aviation operator and infrastructure expertise to facilitate vertipo...
Archer Aviation and KakaoMobility signed an agreement to partner for joint participation in the K-UAM Grand Challenge and covers the planned purchase by KakaoMobility of up to 50 of Archer Midnight eVTOL aircraft worth up to an approximate value of $250M, including pre-delivery payments. KakaoMobility plans to own and operate Archer Midnight aircraft in Korea, offering ele...
Korean Air has released a new inflight safety video featuring virtual humans. The video features a virtual human in a Korean Air flight attendant uniform giving safety instructions within a virtual setting. By introducing the new concept of virtual humans in its safety video, the airline seeks to reach out to its diverse customer base of all ages and cultural backgrounds. The sleek visual presenta...
Embraer Praetor 600, equipped with the capabilities to undertake a wide range of flight inspection tasks has been delivered to South Korea’s Flight Inspection Services Center. This is the first Praetor 600 in the country. Embraer worked closely with German Prime and Flight Inspection System manufacturer, Aerodata AG, to achieve this first of type certification and customer delivery...
Eve Air Mobility released new concept of operations white paper for eVTOL flights on Jeju Island. The two companies collaborated to produce the analysis which is the first step in understanding what will be needed to make future urban air mobility operations in South Korea a reality. South Korea is one of the first countries to begin laying the groundwork for urban air mob...
Eve and Moviation announced the signature of a Letter of Intent to purchase Eve Urban ATM solution. The software solution will be a key enabler to the implementation and scalability of UAM and provides critical traffic management services that will play an essential role in enabling the global UAM market to scale. The agreement comes as Eve Urban ATM concept has been...
ATR plans to further contribute to Korea’s domestic and short-haul international air transportation market, with the aim of having an in-country fleet of 25-30 highly-efficient ATR 72 aircraft within the next seven years. ATR provided its forecast during a briefing on the first day of the GADLEX being held in Gumi city in the eastern province of Gyeongsangbuk-do. Jean-Pierr...
Embraer will participate at GADLEX 2023, exhibiting aircraft products and solutions from its commercial aviation, defense, and urban air mobility businesses. The exhibition will be held in Gumi City, in Gyeongsangbuk-do, the province with whom Embraer recently inked a MoU to promote collaboration across key aviation-related matters including promotional activities, consultative assistance, an...
Vertical Aerospace announces that South Korean mobility technology company, Kakao Mobility, has pre-ordered up to 50 of Vertical’s VX4 aircraft, adding South Korea to Vertical’s list of customer launch markets. Kakao Mobility, the largest Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform in South Korea with more than 30 million registered users, is the mobility subsidiary of South Korean inte...
PLANA had won the Professional Concept category of the iF Design Awards. The iF Design Awards, which are held annually in Germany, are considered one of the top three design awards globally, alongside the Red Dot Design Award and IDEA. Over 11,000 products were submitted from around the world, making the award highly competitive. PLANA has now joined a select group of eVTOL aircraft...
The Korea Coast Guard accepted the delivery on Sept. 30 of its third S-92® search and rescue helicopter built by Sikorsky. The expansion of Korea Coast Guard’s S-92 fleet increases its capability to conduct maritime security, safety and life-saving missions for the people of Korea. Mr. Han Sangchul, Senior Superintendent and Final Acceptance Test Inspection Team Lead for th...
