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Commuting by air
Maybe it will actually come true!

Shanghai's Action Plan for High-quality Development of Low-altitude Economy Industry

(2024-2027)》

Recently issued

The goal is to establish a complete industrial system for the research and development, design, assembly, manufacturing, airworthiness testing, and commercial application of new low-altitude aircraft by 2027, to create a highland for innovation, commercial application, and operational services for Shanghai's low-altitude economic industry, with the scale of the core industry reaching more than 50 billion yuan.

Among the 23 key tasks in the action plan, there is one "passenger transportation scenario", which includesGradually carry out demonstration applications of manned air transportation in Jinshan District and the five new towns, and study and promote pilot projects of commercial manned shuttles between transportation hubs such as Hongqiao International Airport, Pudong International Airport, and Longhua Airport, and between airports and the five new towns.At the same time, we will accelerate the research on inter-city manned air travel in the Yangtze River Delta region and build the country's first batch of low-altitude inter-provincial air travel cities.

There is also a "speed up the planning and construction of the 'facility network'", which includes planning and layout of low-altitude flight take-off and landing facilities, combining the needs of low-altitude route planning and scenario application, and accelerating the construction of large, medium and small take-off and landing facilities and energy facilities. In line with the needs of industrial development, relevant cities in the Yangtze River Delta will be linked.Accelerate the research on general airport planning in Jinshan District and Qingpu District.

After the action plan is issued

Jinshan District quickly announced the good news

Even the “airport” needs to be planned and constructed!

This time Jinshan is really going to "take off"

What is a general airport?

How big is it?

Questions from netizens

The official also responded in the comment section

Some netizens have already started looking forward to it:

You can take a flying taxi now!

I will go out by small plane.

What is the price?The charging of 300 yuan per person per 100 kilometers is expected to be realized

According to the reporter, Shanghai's aviation industry has an unparalleled advantage in talent concentration, as well as a mature and complete supply chain for the three electrics (batteries, motors and electronic control systems). Currently, almost all of the leading electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) companies, including Fengfei, Yufeng Future and Volant, are located in Shanghai.

For example, Shi Technology, founded in 2021, has independently developed the tilt-rotor manned electric aircraft E20 model, with the goal of achieving airworthiness certification in the second half of 2026. Shi Technology believes that once manned eVTOL is operated on a large scale, the cost will be comparable to ground-based special car services, such as from the Shanghai New International Expo Center to Suzhou "Oriental Gate",A one-way trip of 100 kilometers taking less than 25 minutes and a fare of 300 yuan per person is expected to become a reality.

The E20 tilt-rotor manned electric aircraft independently developed by Shi Technology

Don’t think that “flying” is still far away

Because, the first inter-provincial fixed-point low-altitude passenger transport route in China

Connected to Shanghai Pudong International Airport

and Jiangsu Kunshan City Terminal

Helicopter passenger routes

Officially opened today

A helicopter takes off from the East Square of Kunshan City Terminal

At 8:30 a.m., a helicopter carrying two passengers took off from the East Plaza of Kunshan City Terminal, and then landed at Shanghai Pudong Xingye Flight Base at 8:58 a.m. after flying for 28 minutes at an altitude of about 200 meters and a speed of 180 kilometers per hour. They were then transferred to a civil aviation flight by a Pudong Airport ground service vehicle, completing the first helicopter flight of the "air-to-air transport" project from Kunshan City Terminal to Shanghai Pudong Airport.

The helicopter landed at Shanghai Pudong Xingye Flight Base

This route is jointly operated by Shanghai Airport Group, Kunshan City Terminal and Shanghai New Sky Helicopter Co., Ltd.In the initial stage of operation, the airline will operate a round-trip flight every day during the morning and evening peak hours. As it is currently in the market promotion stage, the one-way flight price is set at RMB 1,600 or RMB 1,800 per person.The service includes a one-way intermodal service from Kunshan City Terminal to Shanghai Pudong Airport helicopter, as well as a "one-to-one" dedicated full-process service at the airport after landing, and the entire process is controlled within 1 hour.

The one-way trip of the "air taxi" takes only half an hour

Getting closer to us

Commuting by air

Are you looking forward to it?

This article is compiled from: Shangguan News, Shanghai Release, iKingsoft, netizens' comments, etc.
Related author: Li Ye

WeChat Editor: Miss Pi

Proofreading: Jasmine

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