Commercial 'air commute' by flying cars closer to takeoff

Fei Lan, chief marketing officer of Chengdu-based Aerofugia, said the company's AE200 six-seat eVTOL has completed all airworthiness reviews and is expected to obtain certification and start small-scale production in 2026.

Analysts at Soochow Securities said China's low-altitude tourism market is worth 6 billion yuan a year.

Gao Yuanyang, director of General Aviation Industry Research Center, Beihang University, said the benefits are not limited to these figures.

A bigger change lies in the social development it would facilitate: decongested cities, faster emergency response, and vitalized rural connectivity, he said.

"Indeed, the low-altitude economy will signal a paradigm shift — elevating industries, transforming daily life and redrawing the map of possibility in three dimensions," said Gao.