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BRUCHSAL, Germany, November 11, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ -

    German urban air mobility (UAM)

pioneer, Volocopter [https://www.volocopter.com/], has completed the first test

flight with its 2X aircraft in Seoul, South Korea. It was the first ever crewed

public test flight of a fully electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air

taxi in South Korea. The Republic's Minister for Land, Infrastructure, and

Transport (MOLIT) Noh Hyeong Ouk witnessed the historical test flight, marking a

milestone in Volocopter's plan of introducing air taxis globally.

    The 5-minute test flight took place at Gimpo International Airport, covered

approximately 3 kilometers, reached a maximum altitude of 50 meters and maximum

speeds of 45 km/h.

    Florian Reuter, CEO of Volocopter said, "With MOLIT's comprehensive K-UAM

roadmap, South Korea is well positioned to achieve the goal of commercializing

UAM by 2025. We are extremely honored to conduct the nation's first crewed

public eVTOL test flight today and prove yet again that the future of air taxis

is here and now with Volocopter's aircraft. As the pioneers of the UAM industry,

we look forward to working closely with friends and partners from both the

government agencies and private sectors to make UAM a reality in South Korea."

    German Ambassador to South Korea Michael Reiffenstuel said, "South Korea and

Germany have enjoyed a close relationship for more than a century. We are

connected by a common experience of a divided nation and strong ties in trade,

education, and technology. We strongly welcome deepened cooperation in new

sectors such as digitalization, e-commerce, and urban air mobility."

    Seoul is the second city in Asia that Volocopter has conducted a test flight

following the first successful public flight trial over Singapore's Marina Bay

area in 2019

[https://www.volocopter.com/newsroom/volocopter-air-taxi-flies-over-singapores-m

arina-bay/].

    Volocopter is leading the pack in the UAM sector with a family of aircraft

that

can transport passengers (the VoloCity

[https://www.volocopter.com/solutions/volocity/] and VoloConnect

[https://www.volocopter.com/solutions/voloconnect/]) and goods (the VoloDrone

[https://www.volocopter.com/solutions/volodrone/]). It is the only eVTOL company

that has obtained design and production organization approvals from European

Union Aviation Safety Agency.

    Volocopter is scheduled to conduct a public test flight at Incheon airport

on 16

November (weather permitting) during K-UAM Confex 2021

[http://k-uamconfex.com/].

    About Volocopter

    Volocopter is building the world's first sustainable and scalable urban air

mobility business to bring affordable air taxi services for goods and people to

megacities worldwide. Volocopter leads and cooperates with partners in

infrastructure, operations, and air traffic management to build the ecosystem

necessary to "Bring Urban Air Mobility to Life." Volocopter has 400 employees in

offices in Bruchsal, Munich, and Singapore. The company has raised a total of

EUR322 million in equity form investors including Daimler, Geely, DB Schenker,

BlackRock, and Intel Capital amongst others. www.volocopter.com

[http://www.volocopter.com/]

    Photo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1685775/Volocopter_South_Korea.jpg

    Source: Volocopter GmbH