EHang announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Guangdong EHang General Aviation Co., Ltd. and its joint venture company Hefei HeYi Aviation Co., Ltd. have been granted the first batch of air operator certificates (OC) for civil human-carrying pilotless aerial vehicles by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
This marks the launch of China’s human-carrying flight era in the low-altitude economy, allowing for the purchase of flight tickets for low-altitude tourism, urban sightseeing and commercial human-carrying flight services at related operation sites in Guangzhou and Hefei. In the future, operators also plan to gradually expand into scenarios like urban commuting.
With the newly granted OC, EHang becomes the first eVTOL company to achieve the full suite of regulatory certifications. This could be a step toward the commercialization and mass adoption of low-altitude human-carrying flight services.
