Certification
JCAB certification plan agreed Mar 2026; design organization approved Apr 2026
Launch operators and orders: Osaka Expo demonstration flights; commercial service from 2028.
Battery: not published. Charging: not published.
Program record
Program record
| Class | eVTOL passenger |
| Country | Japan |
| Powertrain | battery-electric |
| Seats or payload | pilot + 2 |
| Autonomy | piloted |
| Certification | JCAB certification plan agreed Mar 2026; design organization approved Apr 2026 |
| Status | active |
| Launch operators and orders | Osaka Expo demonstration flights; commercial service from 2028 |
| Manufacturing | Iwata, Shizuoka (Suzuki plant) |
| Parent or backers | Suzuki |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
Official site: en.skydrive2020.com
In context
Where it fits
Listed in the eVTOL Directory. Programs are ranked on battery, charging, autonomy, certification stage and launch operators - the factors that decide whether an aircraft enters commercial service.
| Program | Status |
|---|---|
| AE200-100 (Aerofugia) | active |
| Midnight (Archer Aviation) | active |
| Land Aircraft Carrier (Aridge (XPeng)) | active |
| Prosperity (V2000EM) (AutoFlight) | active |
| ALIA A250 (BETA Technologies) | active |
| VT35 (EHang) | active |
| EH216-S (EHang) | active |
| e200x (ePlane Company) | active |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- SD-05 (SkyDrive)
- Sources
- ElectronsX aviation dataset; company filings and regulator records
- Updated
- 2026-10