World's leading autonomous aerial vehicle technology platform company EHang Holdings Limited announced that it obtained the world’s first commercial pilot operation approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China to use EHang 216 passenger- autonomous aerial vehicle s for air logistics purpose.
Thus, EHang became the world’s first autonomous aerial vehicle company approved by a national aviation authority to carry out commercial pilot operation for the category of 150 kg plus heavy-lift air logistics uses.
This approval was granted based on the Pilot Operation Rules for Specific Unmanned Aircraft promulgated by the CAAC in February 2019 for different categories of specific unmanned aircraft including passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicles.
With this approval, trial air logistics service using the EHang 216 would be carried out to transport cargo between ground and hilltop and between shore and islands at a customer site in Taizhou.
It is also intended to be gradually expanded to other sites in China as it accumulates operational data and experience.
