Report Thai Developer Buys 500 Passenger eVTOL Aircraft

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A groundbreaking deal has taken place as a Thai private firm signs up for 500 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from a Chinese developer.

 

Valued at $1.75 billion (around 62 billion Thai baht), this transaction marks the largest single eVTOL order in China’s burgeoning industry.

 

Pan Pacific Co., a leading Thai property developer and infrastructure investor, has partnered with Shanghai Volant Aerotech Co.

 

The historic agreement was inked alongside China National Aero-Technology International Engineering Corporation (CAIEC) at the International Advanced Air Mobility Expo in Shanghai.

 

CAIEC will support the infrastructure for low-altitude flights under this collaboration.

 

Dubbed the VE25-100, or commercially branded as Skylar, the ordered eVTOLs boast a hybrid wing design, reported Daily News.

 

Each aircraft accommodates six passengers, with a range of 200–400 kilometres and a cruising speed of 235 km/h, according to the producer.

 

Delivery of these aircraft will be phased post-receiving the Certificate of Airworthiness from the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

 

The eVTOLs are destined for the Maldives, Southeast Asian countries like Thailand, and parts of Africa, intended for passenger transport, aerial tourism, and emergency rescue missions.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from Daily News 2025-08-04

 

[Spilornis]

Interesting idea but 500??

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Pedestrian crossing: Look left then right then left again then up then run (or stay where you are).