Joint venture between Japan Airlines and Sumitomo Corporation, Soracle, secures rights to establish Advanced Air Mobility in the region with U.S.-made eVTOL
記事・画像出典:ジョー・メイシー
aaminternational.com
Archer Aviation’s partner, Soracle, a joint venture between Japan Airlines and Sumitomo Corporation, has been selected to lead the establishment of air taxi services in the Osaka Prefecture.
This designation makes Archer the sole U.S. eVTOL manufacturer set to play a key role in the establishment of air taxi services in Osaka. Soracle intends to deploy Archer’s Midnight aircraft as the core part of its fleet.
The agreements with the Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City are seen as a critical step toward building out the operational, regulatory, and community frameworks needed to connect Osaka and the broader Kansai region with quiet, sustainable, and safe air taxi flights.
Archer CEO and Founder Adam Goldstein, said, “We’re proud of our continued partnership with Soracle, and applaud their latest milestone securing air taxi rights in Osaka. It was an honor to host Minister Nakano and the Japanese delegation this past week, and I look forward to deepening our relationship in the country as we build the foundation for commercial air taxi services in Japan.”
Soracle CEO Yukihiro Ota also commented on the announcement, stating, “We are honored to announce the partnership agreement with Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City to realize our commercial eVTOL air taxi service in the region. Thanks to Archer’s dedicated and continuous cooperation and support, we are confident that we can achieve this goal and realize the social implementation together with Osaka Prefecture and Osaka City.”
Archer and Soracle previously announced a strategic alliance in November 2024 to jointly launch air taxi operations in Japan, with the goal of offering services in cities where existing ground transportation is constrained by traffic or geographic barriers. The partnership recently displayed Archer’s Midnight aircraft at the Osaka Kansai World Expo to showcase its planned future air taxi service in the Kansai region.
Separately, a delegation from Japan, including Hiromasa Nakano, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau; and the Consul General of Japan in San Francisco visited Archer’s headquarters for a briefing with the company’s leadership. The discussions focused on how the parties can realize air taxi services across the country.
... SPからのメモ



その他のストーリー
バーティカル・エアロスペース社、インドで電動・ハイブリッドAAMに関するMoUを締結
オーストラリア政府、エアタクシー・インフラ用エアロバーム・バーティパッド特許を支持
バーティカル・エアロスペース社とエボリート社が提携し、ヴァロeVTOLの商業打ち上げを支援
ドイツの新興企業ERC、3機目のAAM eVTOL航空機プロトタイプをテスト
リージェント社、中南米の沿岸輸送を変革するシナジェット社からのシーグライダー受注を発表
ホライズン・エアクラフト社、カボライトX7機体製造にRAMPFを採用
EHangとRACE、モータースポーツ環境にパイロットレスAAM eVTOL技術を統合するために提携