Among SkyDrive's three headline use cases, tourism is the one most likely to pay first. The company frames urban air mobility as a driver of tourism value — novel city views, better aerial access, new visitor flows into regional assets.
Why sightseeing monetises early
Scenic flights tolerate high fares, short ranges and limited schedules. A commuter will not pay a premium for a ten-minute hop; a visitor will pay for the view itself. Every new aviation mode from seaplanes to helicopters has funded its early years this way.
Kansai's geography is unusually suited
Osaka Bay, the Kobe waterfront, Awaji, the Kii coastline and the mountain temples inland all sit within a short electric hop of the city core, and the region already receives international visitors at scale.
Tourists search in the open web
Domestic commuters use operator apps. Inbound visitors type the category and the city into a search bar — which is where a memorable, exact-match address earns its price.
The category addresses for this market — evtol.osaka and vertihub.osaka — are currently available; offers can be submitted here.
Source: SkyDrive.