Feb 2025
SkyDrive receives G-1 certification basis from JCAB
Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau issued the certification basis for SkyDrive's three-seat eVTOL, a key milestone on its path to type certification.
SkyDrive Inc. ↗EVTOL.OSAKA
The future of flight has an Osaka address.
Two premium domain names — evtol.osaka and vertihub.osaka — available for acquisition, individually or as a strategic portfolio, for organisations building the next era of advanced air mobility in Japan.
Hero imagery is a conceptual illustration.
A New Era of Urban Aviation
Electric vertical flight is moving from demonstration to deployment. Four developments define the sector.
Electric passenger aircraft
Battery-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft are in active certification programmes in Japan, the United States and Europe, designed for quiet, short-range passenger transport.
Future vertiport infrastructure
Cities and airport operators are studying compact take-off and landing facilities — vertiports — that integrate with existing transport hubs and waterfront sites.
Airport connectivity
The earliest proposed use cases connect airports with city centres. In Kansai, the journey between Kansai International Airport and central Osaka is a frequently cited example.
Advanced air mobility technology
Advances in electric propulsion, flight-control software and air-traffic management underpin the emerging advanced air mobility sector worldwide.
Osaka From Above
The city context for a new generation of aviation.
Osaka Bay
The waterfront district where Expo 2025 hosted Japan's first public air taxi demonstration flights.
Umeda
Osaka's northern business centre — the kind of dense urban core advanced air mobility is designed to serve.
Dotonbori
The energy of Osaka after dark.
A future Osaka vertiport
Conceptual passenger infrastructure — illustrative, not an approved site.
All imagery on this page is conceptual and illustrative.
Industry Developments
Announced plans and programmes — not operational services.
Aug 2025
ANA Holdings and Joby plan Japan air taxi joint venture
The companies announced intent to form a joint venture and deploy more than 100 Joby aircraft across Japan in the coming years.
ANA Group ↗Sep 2025
Joby and ANA fly public air taxi demonstrations at Expo 2025 Osaka
The first public eVTOL flights at a world expo — vertical take-off, transition to wingborne flight and vertical landing — over Osaka Bay.
Joby Aviation ↗2025
Osaka Metro unveils OSAKAKO Vertiport at Chuo Pier
Osaka Metro presented a vertiport facility on the Osaka waterfront as part of the region's advanced air mobility preparations.
Airports International ↗Feb 2022
ANA and Joby launch Japan partnership
Japan's largest airline partnered with Joby to explore aerial ridesharing, citing a sub-15-minute Kansai Airport to Osaka station journey.
ANA Group ↗Digital Asset Opportunity
Two independent digital properties, positioned for the sector's next decade.
EVTOL.OSAKA
The category-defining address for electric aviation in Osaka.
A distinctive geographic digital address associated with electric aviation and advanced air mobility in one of the world's most active AAM markets.
Available for acquisition
VERTIHUB.OSAKA
The infrastructure identity for future urban aviation.
A complementary address suited to a vertiport directory, infrastructure information platform, mobility hub brand or related digital service.
Available for acquisition
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