The Straits Times reports the East Japan Railway Company, or JR East, aims to begin eVTOL commercial operations in Iwate prefecture by the fiscal year of 2028, “planning to use them for shuttle services and sightseeing tours,” said the report. “The company is also considering expanding the service to other areas, it said on August 29.”
“Scheduled to open a hotel at Koiwai Farm in Shizukuishi, Iwate prefecture, in spring 2026, JR East plans to use flying cars for transfers to and from Morioka station on the Tohoku Shinkansen line. The company also plans to provide aerial sightseeing tours of Koiwai Farm and Mount Iwate, intending to establish the service as a new tourism resource.
SkyDrive announced in July 2025 the JR East along with other Japanese railway companies had become Pre-Series D investors in the company.
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