Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive has signed a three-way memorandum of understanding with Goyang Special City and Seoul-based Verty to prepare for commercial eVTOL flights in Goyang, South Korea.
The agreement was signed November 4 during DRONE-UAM EXPO 2026 at KINTEX in Goyang. SkyDrive said the partners are working toward commercial operations by 2028, in line with the South Korean transport ministry’s roadmap for launching eVTOL service that year.
Under the MOU, the three will set up frameworks to grow the eVTOL industry in Goyang, build the regulatory, physical and digital infrastructure needed for demonstration flights and trial operations, explore joint projects, and keep up long-term coordination. SkyDrive brings the aircraft, Verty handles integrated flight operations, air traffic management and vertiport administration, and the city provides infrastructure and policy support.
Goyang, a city of more than 1 million next to Gimpo International Airport, is the metropolitan demonstration site for South Korea’s K-UAM Grand Challenge and is building vertiport testbeds around KINTEX.
SkyDrive and Verty also shared a booth at the expo, which ran November 4 to 6, featuring a 20% scale mockup of the SKYDRIVE SD-05 aircraft. SkyDrive said its compact multirotor design suits rooftop vertiports, and that it is pursuing commercialization projects in 10 countries.
Source: SkyDrive Inc., November 4, 2026.
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