SkyDrive has announced that it has signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Goyang Special City, a prominent South Korean metropolis leading vertiport development as the Seoul Capital Area hub for South Korea’s national urban air mobility (K-UAM) initiative, and Verty, a Seoul-based company establishing integrated systems across flight operations, air traffic management and vertiport administration.
Under this 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, said SkyDrive.
“South Korea represents a key strategic market for SkyDrive’s global expansion, aligned with the roadmap set by South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to launch commercial eVTOL operations by 2028,” said SkyDrive. “As part of their joint initiative to foster public acceptance of advanced air mobility across South Korea, SkyDrive and Verty co-hosted an exhibition booth at DRONE-UAM EXPO 2026, held at KINTEX in Goyang, November 4-6, 2026.
Under the MOU, the three parties will focus on the following key areas to establish a sustainable industrial ecosystem and support commercial operations – establishing collaborative frameworks to foster and expand the eVTOL industry across Goyang Special City, building regulatory, physical and digital operational infrastructure to support demonstration flights, trial operations and future commercial passenger services in Goyang, combining SkyDrive’s aircraft engineering, Verty’s operational integration and Goyang’s regional infrastructure to plan, validate and execute tangible commercial mobility initiatives, and maintaining long-term institutional coordination across aviation and air mobility sectors.
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(Image from left: Dong-Woo Kim, CEO of Verty Co. Ltd. ; Min Kyeong-seon, mayor of Goyang Special City ; and Tomohiro Fukuzawa, founder and CEO of SkyDrive, at the MOU signing ceremony held during DRONE-UAM EXPO 2026 at KINTEX in Goyang, South Korea, on November 4, 2026 – SkyDrive)