CHINA/MALAYSIA. EHang Holdings, the Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, has announced a strategic partnership with Malaysian aviation company Aerotree Group to jointly develop the urban air mobility (UAM) business in Malaysia.
As part of the agreement, Aerotree has placed the largest pre-order for EHang’s electric passenger-grade AAVs in the Malaysian market. The pre-order includes 50 units of EHang’s EH216 series – including the two-seat EH216-S AAV for passenger services and aerial sightseeing – and ten units of the VT-30, EHang’s long-range electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Aerotree has an Air Service Permit (ASP) license issued by the Malaysian Aviation Commission to enable the flight of aircraft to be performed in Malaysian airspace.
The company’s Managing Director Dato’ Halim Bin Othman said: “We are very excited about our strategic partnership with EHang to introduce the world’s leading safe, sustainable and autonomous aerial vehicles to the Malaysian market.
“Leveraging our full spectrum of capabilities and partnerships that span from MRO [Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul] to training, we eagerly anticipate using EHang AAVs for Malaysia’s UAM projects and civil aviation.”
EHang Founder, Chairman and CEO Huazhi Hu said: “We are pleased to enter the Malaysian market and increase our presence there through our cooperation with Aerotree. Our comprehensive AAV products and solutions are well suited to a variety of intracity and intercity UAM use cases in Malaysia, such as passenger transportation, aerial sightseeing, aerial firefighting and aerial logistics.
“The rising demand and pre-orders for a large number of our passenger-grade AAVs from Japan and Malaysia will unleash great market potential for EHang in Asia.”
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