{"id":15400,"date":"2025-11-09T21:31:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=15400"},"modified":"2025-11-09T21:31:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T03:31:19","slug":"japan-airlines-sumitomo-corporation-and-soracle-selected-for-tokyo-evtol-implementation-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=15400","title":{"rendered":"Japan Airlines, Sumitomo Corporation, and Soracle Selected for Tokyo eVTOL Implementation Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joint Press Release<\/strong> – Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and Group CEO: Mitsuko Tottori; hereinafter \u201cJAL\u201d), Sumitomo Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and CEO: Shingo Ueno; hereinafter \u201cSumitomo Corporation\u201d), and Soracle Corporation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yukihiro Ota; hereinafter \u201cSoracle\u201d) (*1) have been selected as implementing entities for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government\u2019s \u201ceVTOL Implementation Project\u201d Phase I (hereinafter \u201cthe Project\u201d)(*2) as part of the consortium of nine companies led by JAL (hereafter \u201cthe Consortium\u201d).(*3)<\/p>\n

The Project represents a crucial step toward realizing the commercial flights of eVTOL (electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft) in urban areas of Tokyo by 2030. By strengthening public-private collaboration, the consortium aims to address challenges and promote initiatives for the \u201cRevolution in Urban Air Mobility\u201d in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Project Activities<\/strong>
\nOver the three years starting from 2025, the Project will proceed through stages of \u201cdesktop studies,\u201d \u201cdemonstration flights,\u201d and \u201cpromotion of pre-social implementation.\u201d The consortium will conduct flights in the Tokyo Bay area and over river zones, envisaging access to the airport under the public-private partnership.<\/p>\n

The Project involves establishing the operational environment (e.g., securing and maintaining takeoff\/landing sites and bases, adjusting control and communication systems), providing operational support, and conducting evaluation and verification. The goal is to prepare favorable eVTOL business conditions in advance, as full-scale social implementation begins.<\/p>\n

JAL, Sumitomo Corporation, and Soracle, together with the other consortium companies, will work collaboratively under the public-private partnership support of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to realize the \u201crevolution in air mobility.\u201d The aim is to create a new transportation method utilizing low-altitude airspace and to provide new value to airports.<\/p>\n

Note
\n(*1) Soracle Corporation<\/a> is a joint venture company founded in 2024 by Japan Airlines and Sumitomo Corporation, focusing on eVTOL operations
\n*2) Flying Car Implementation Project Phase I<\/a> (Translation feature availablee on this page)
\n(*\uff13) Consortium of nine companies led by JAL as the representative organization<\/a> (Japanese Only)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Joint Press Release – Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and Group CEO: Mitsuko Tottori; hereinafter \u201cJAL\u201d), Sumitomo Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President and CEO: Shingo Ueno; hereinafter \u201cSumitomo Corporation\u201d), and Soracle Corporation (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yukihiro Ota; hereinafter \u201cSoracle\u201d) (*1) have been selected as implementing entities for the Tokyo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,5676,8590,868,13003],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-news","category-international-news","category-japan-news","category-transportation-news","category-urban-air-mobility-uam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15400"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15402,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15400\/revisions\/15402"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}