EHang reports human-carrying pilotless eVTOL flights with EH216-S

EHang (EH) announced the successful completion of what it calls “a landmark series of trial air taxi flights,” including point-to-point and human-carrying flights, with its EH216-S pilotless electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in the core district of Doha, Qatar. “Conducted in close partnership with Qatar’s Ministry of Transport, these pioneering point-to-point flights between the Port of Doha and the Katara Cultural Village, a prominent landmark in the heart of the city, represent the first urban flights of a pilotless eVTOL aircraft in the Middle East, setting a new benchmark for the future of AAM across the region,” the company stated.