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- Sri Lanka has given permission to a Chinese manufacturing company for test flights of an unmanned two-seater air taxi. Sri Lankan authoritie.
- According to a report by the French news agency AFP, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka has issued a license to the Chinese company '.
- The company also conducted a short flight test of its aircraft 'EH216-S', with Sri Lanka's Minister of Ports and Aviation Anura Karunathalak.
Sri Lanka has given permission to a Chinese manufacturing company for test flights of an unmanned two-seater air taxi. Sri Lankan authorities announced the decision on Wednesday during a test flight of an air taxi in the capital Colombo.
According to a report by the French news agency AFP, the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka has issued a license to the Chinese company 'EHang' for the test flights of its two-seater electric air taxi. The aircraft is unmanned and has the ability to take off and land vertically.
The company also conducted a short flight test of its aircraft 'EH216-S', with Sri Lanka's Minister of Ports and Aviation Anura Karunathalaka and her deputy Janitha Ruwan Kodithawaku as the first passengers.
Deputy Minister Janitha Ruwan Kodethwaku said that Sri Lanka has joined the ranks of more than a dozen countries that are in the race to introduce drone services for passenger transportation.
Talking to journalists after a short flight, he said that many countries around the world are trying to achieve this goal and now Sri Lanka has also become a part of this race.
