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"Air Taxi" - the world's first cross-sea and cross-city eVTOL air route first flight was successful

Shenzhen-Zhuhai, February 27th, 2024, "Intelligent Technology Empowering Low Altitude Economy - First Flight Ceremony of eVTOL Cross-sea and Cross-city Air Transportation Route" was successfully held. During the event, the Zhuhai Municipal People's Government signed a strategic cooperation agreement with several leading enterprises in the field of low altitude economy, including Great Mainlink (Shenzhen) Tech Co.,Ltd. In the future, the signing parties willfully utilize their respective professional advantages to support the prosperous development of eVTOL’s low-altitude economy industry and general aviation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and China.

A manned AutoFlight five-seat composite wing eVTOL “air taxi” fully simulated a family flight from Shenzhen Shekou Cruise Terminal to Zhuhai Jiuzhou Port Terminal. The route connects Zhuhai and Shenzhen, two core cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, with a round trip of more than 100 kilometers, cutting the 2.5 to 3-hour one-way ground journey to 20 minutes. This is the first public demonstration flight of the world's first cross-sea and cross-city eVTOL route, which is regarded by the eVTOL industry as a milestone event in the development of low-altitude economy.

According to Shenzhen Eastern Navigation, hundreds of eVTOL routes and thousands of take-off and landing points will be opened in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the future, expanding the unlimited space for the low-altitude economy. eVTOL will weave a convenient and efficient low-altitude transportation network from cross-city to cross-slice area to every household. The electric, environmentally friendly, safe and comfortable eVTOL manned aircraft will also become a new choice for the public to travel within and between cities.

Mr. Sun Jiefeng, CEO and Manager of Zhuhai Airshow Group Co., Ltd. said that in order to seize the new opportunities of low-altitude economic development, create more new quality productivity and comprehensively promote Zhuhai's high-quality development, Zhuhai Airshow Group Co., Ltd. will take the first flight of the eVTOL air traffic routes as an opportunity to make full use of the advantages of the internationalized and specialized platforms of the Airshow of China and AirAsia Exhibition, and to combine with the natural environment of Zhuhai and the country's leading aviation industry chain foundation to accelerate the development of low altitude transportation. Combined with Zhuhai's unique natural environment and the country's leading aviation industry chain foundation, the company will accelerate the competition for the new track of the trillion-dollar industry of low-altitude economy, injecting strong new kinetic energy into Zhuhai's economic development, and contributing to the acceleration of Zhuhai's efforts to build the province's high-quality development.

Mr. Deng, CEO of Great Mainlink, said that the low-altitude economy is moving towards future normalization, and the successful flight of the Shenzhen-Zhuhai eVTOL is an important exploration of the commercial operation of low-altitude travel. In the field of UAVs, we have been focusing on low-latency, high-quality, and more cost-effective transmission, and the advanced wireless video transmission technology lays a solid foundation for the future development of the eVTOL's low-altitude economy. The strategic cooperation with Zhuhai Airshow on low-altitude economy will further promote the realization of our company's vision of "promoting the Internet of Things and build a smart world". We will make greater efforts to enhance the development of the Internet of Things, and work with our strategic partners to promote the low-altitude economy to a new level of development, paving the way for a smarter world in the future.