Aeroberm (a Skyportz company) will release its Low Altitude Economy Vertiport Market Study for Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area at LEAP East 2026 in Hong Kong this week.
“The release comes as Hong Kong ramps up its “Regulatory Sandbox X” programme, with both EHang (partnering with Kwoon Chung Smart Mobility and Hong Kong Cyberport) and AutoFlight (partnering with AECOM and China Travel Service) selected for the initiative’s first batch of trial projects,” says the company in a press release. “Combined with mainland China’s rapid low-altitude infrastructure build-out just across the border in Shenzhen, the momentum signals Hong Kong’s emergence as a genuine air taxi hub within the Greater Bay Area, not simply an observer of it.”
Shenzhen has built 1,284 low-altitude take-off and landing sites, surpassing its 2026 target of 1,200 ahead of schedule, backed by 12 billion yuan (USD1.7 billion) in government investment, says Aeroberm. “But that infrastructure is overwhelmingly built for drones, logistics, and general aviation — Shenzhen does not yet have a network of dedicated, purpose-built passenger vertiports. That is precisely the gap Aeroberm’s market study is designed to quantify: a forecast installed base of 500–1,000 modular passenger vertipads by 2030, rising to 1,500–2,000 by 2035 and 7,000–8,000 by 2045, as commercial passenger air taxi operations begin in earnest.”
“Over that same period, the Shenzhen market is forecast to grow from today’s early-stage activity to USD1.5–2 billion by 2035 and USD4–6 billion by 2045, supporting an estimated 54 million annual passenger trips. Nationally, China’s air taxi market is projected to reach USD40–60 billion by 2045.”
The full Shenzhen market study can be accessed here.
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