The VoloCity air taxis will be quiet and emission-free in flight, and take off and land vertically at strategically located VoloPorts, the gateway infrastructure to this new world of mobility. Volocopter aims to make its services safe, sustainable, and comfortable.
Volocopter plans to launch commercial passenger air taxi services with its VoloCity aircraft in
Singapore within the next two years. This will revolutionize urban transportation and mobility, enabling spectacular touristic routes within the Marina Bay area or to nearby regional economic centers from Singapore in just 30 minutes.
Volocopter’s services also stand to improve Singapore’s island-to-island connectivity. The VoloCity services will unlock new transportation routes to help alleviate time-consuming traffic bottlenecks at border points like the Johor Bahru Causeway. The VoloConnect, the latest development within the Volocopter family of aircraft, will allow seating for up to four passengers on routes of 100 km at a speed of 180 km/h, using a hybrid lift and push design. This increase in flight range will significantly enhance regional connectivity for Singapore and open up new travel destinations within the hundreds of islands in Indonesia and Malaysia.
To deliver the benefits outlined above, Volocopter envisions four to six VoloPorts in Singapore by
2030. The areas currently in consideration for the VoloPort construction are Marina South, Sentosa, and the Changi area.
For the initial VoloCity launch, Volocopter will focus on touristic routes within the heart of Singapore.
These include a scenic circular path within the Marina Bay area offering incredible views of Marina Bay Sands, the Central Business District, the Formula One racetrack, and the Singapore Flyer. A second potential route would offer unique views over Sentosa Island and the Singapore skyline.
After launching these two touristic routes, Volocopter could then expand its VoloCity network to cross-border flights by utilizing Singapore’s unique city island landscape and its proximity to Indonesia and Malaysia. These short, cross-border flights offer unique, time-saving opportunities to travelers and complement the country’s excellent domestic ground transportation network.
A business traveler landing at Changi Airport and traveling to the Ibrahim
International Business District of Johor Bahru, Malaysia, could arrive at their
destination in 30 minutes, compared to 3 hours* by car.
Volocopter also envisions integrating Changi Airport into the VoloPort network for efficient and
convenient transfers from Changi to central business districts in the neighboring countries.
While a typical journey by car between Changi Airport and Ibrahim International Business District
(IIBD) of Johor Bahru, Malaysia can take more than three hours (due to congestion at the immigration borders), a VoloCity flight along this routewould take 30 minutes.
By choosing a VoloCity flight, a business traveler transiting from Changi Airport to IIBD could save up to 150 minutes on their journey.
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in) excluding propeller ring
- Width: 9.15 m (30 ft 0 in) including propellers
- Height: 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in)
- Empty weight: 290 kg (639 lb)
- Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
- Powerplant: 18 × three-phase PM synchronous brushless DC electric motors
- Main rotor diameter: 18 × 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Main rotor area: 45.8 m2 (493 sq ft) (total)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 100 km/h (62 mph, 54 kn)
- Range: 27 km (17 mi, 15 nmi) at 70 km/h
- Endurance: 27 minutes
- Service ceiling: 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3 m/s (590 ft/min)
- Disk loading: 9.8 kg/m2 (2.0 lb/sq ft)
General characteristics
- Crew: None (autopilot)
- Capacity: 2 – 3 passengers, 300–400 kg (660–880 lb)[8] payload
- Powerplant: 6 × Vertical Electric
- Powerplant: 2 × Horizontal Electric
Performance
- Maximum speed: 160 mph (250 km/h, 130 kn)
- Cruise speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 97 kn)
- Range: 62 mi (100 km, 54 nmi)
