SkyDrive Signs Korea Deal Targeting Commercial Flying-Taxi Flights by 2028

SkyDrive Inc., the Japanese compact eVTOL developer, has signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding with Goyang Special City and Verty Co. Ltd. to accelerate commercial eVTOL deployment in South Korea. The agreement targets 2028 commercial flight operations and regional ecosystem development across the Seoul Capital Area.

Under the agreement, the three parties will collaborate across the public and private sectors to establish operational infrastructure, conduct flight trials and build a regional ecosystem to prepare for commercial eVTOL flights in Goyang City. The MOU was signed on November 4, 2026, during DRONE-UAM EXPO 2026 at KINTEX in Goyang, where SkyDrive and Verty co-hosted an exhibition booth featuring a 20% scale mockup of the commercial SKYDRIVE (SD-05 model) aircraft.

Goyang Special City, a metropolis of more than 1 million people adjacent to Gimpo International Airport, is positioning itself as the Seoul Capital Area hub for South Korea’s national urban air mobility (K-UAM) initiative. Verty, a Seoul-based company, is building integrated systems across flight operations, air traffic management and vertiport administration.

South Korea represents a key strategic market for SkyDrive’s global expansion, aligned with the roadmap set by the country’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to launch commercial eVTOL operations by 2028. SkyDrive says its compact multirotor design is well suited for rooftop vertiport operations — a practical answer to congestion in densely populated metropolitan areas.