Advanced air mobility company Joby Aviation has partnered with Nomura Real Estate Development (NRE), one of Japan’s largest real estate developers, and ANA Holdings for the development of take-off and landing infrastructure, known as vertiports, to support the commercialization of its electric air taxi service across Japan.
The companies plan to jointly explore the design, location, operation, and financing of vertiport locations that will serve as the backbone of future commercial air taxi services in Japan.
The partners will primarily focus on locations in the metropolitan areas such as Tokyo, expanding over time to include numerous urban areas across greater Japan. Joby recently became a technical advisor to the Tokyo Bay eSG Project, led by NRE and sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which will demonstrate various multi-modal mobility solutions including a floating landing port in the Tokyo Bay.
Joby and ANA HD, Japan’s largest airline group holding company, first partnered in 2022 to bring electric air taxi services to Japan. NRE, one of the largest real estate developers in Japan, joins Joby and ANA HD as they seek to develop air taxi services in Japan. Both Joby and ANA HD are members of Japan’s Public-Private Conference for the Future Air Mobility Revolution,.
Also in 2022, Joby announced it had applied for validation of its Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) type certification, once received, with the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB). The company’s air taxi can carry a pilot and four passengers at speeds of up to 200 mph, offering high-speed mobility with a fraction of the noise produced by helicopters and no in-flight emissions.
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