{"id":18091,"date":"2025-10-30T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T01:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/?p=18091"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T06:02:43","slug":"kintetsu-group-holdings-selects-promising-vertiport-candidate-sites-in-the-shima-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/archives\/18091","title":{"rendered":"Kintetsu Group Holdings Selects Promising Vertiport Candidate Sites in the Shima Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18091\" class=\"elementor elementor-18091\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcdca0b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcdca0b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6407ab\" data-id=\"f6407ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ae4dca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ae4dca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">TOYOTA, Japan, October 30, 2025 \u2013 Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (\u201cKintetsu Group\u201d) and SkyDrive Inc. (\u201cSkyDrive\u201d), a leading eVTOL (*1) aircraft manufacturer based in Japan, are pleased to announce the selection of three promising candidate sites for vertiports in the Shima area. This selection marks a significant step in their collaborative initiatives(*2) with other cooperating companies toward the commercialization of AAM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">This initiative is being conducted as part of a feasibility study(*3) on social implementation of AAM, with an eye toward enhancing the value of local transportation and tourism. Kintetsu Group, SkyDrive, and their partners will proceed with examinations from operational, technical, and business perspectives in close cooperation with local communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><b>\u25a0 Promising Vertiport Candidate Sites&nbsp;<\/b><br><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Aiming for the commercial deployment of AAM in the latter half of the 2020s, the following three promising candidate sites for vertiports in the Shima area were selected:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2566472 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2566472\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/MAP_EN_20251030rev_2-1024x646.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/MAP_EN_20251030rev_2-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/MAP_EN_20251030rev_2-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/MAP_EN_20251030rev_2-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/MAP_EN_20251030rev_2-1536x969.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/MAP_EN_20251030rev_2.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2b0d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c2b0d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/251017_SD-05_\u8fd1\u9244_\u4f0a\u52e2\u5fd7\u6469.2-1024x767.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/251017_SD-05_\u8fd1\u9244_\u4f0a\u52e2\u5fd7\u6469.2-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/251017_SD-05_\u8fd1\u9244_\u4f0a\u52e2\u5fd7\u6469.2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/251017_SD-05_\u8fd1\u9244_\u4f0a\u52e2\u5fd7\u6469.2-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/251017_SD-05_\u8fd1\u9244_\u4f0a\u52e2\u5fd7\u6469.2-1536x1150.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/251017_SD-05_\u8fd1\u9244_\u4f0a\u52e2\u5fd7\u6469.2-2048x1534.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/251017_SD-05_\u8fd1\u9244_\u4f0a\u52e2\u5fd7\u6469.2-320x240.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ed7bb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ed7bb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4856312\" data-id=\"4856312\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-689e430 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"689e430\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Moving forward, Kintetsu Group and SkyDrive plan to explore candidate sites for vertiports in other areas, such as Ise and Toba, and to examine specific details and flight routes for the realization of various use cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Please note that this information is currently at the consideration stage, and the contents are subject to change depending on the progress of future studies and discussions with stakeholders.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\u25a0 Project Implementation Structure<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Primary Applicant: Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Co-Applicant: Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Cooperating Companies: Kanematsu Corporation, Skyports K.K. (Subcontracted by Kanematsu Corporation), SkyDrive Inc. (Contractor), AirX Inc. (Contractor)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4afa0ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4afa0ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ead8fef\" data-id=\"ead8fef\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf9e10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"abf9e10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Editor\u2019s Notes:&nbsp;<br><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">(*1) \u201ceVTOL\u201d is an abbreviation for electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing. As the name suggests, eVTOL aircraft can take off and land without a runway. eVTOLs are powered by electricity and incorporate advanced, automatic, flight control technology.&nbsp;<br><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br>(*2) Related Press Release: Investment in SkyDrive Inc. by Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (April 7, 2022)&nbsp;<br><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/archives\/3717\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/skydrive.co.jp\/en\/archives\/3717\/<\/a><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\"><br>(*3) Mie Prefecture FY2024 Social Implementation Feasibility Study Project Application Guidelines: &#8220;Study on the Installation of Flying Car Vertiports in the Shima Area&#8221;&nbsp;<br><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.mie.lg.jp\/common\/content\/001129701.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">https:\/\/www.pref.mie.lg.jp\/common\/content\/001129701.pdf<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOYOTA, Japan, October 30, 2025 \u2013 Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd. 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