Satya Chakravarthy, founder & technical lead, ePlane, with Daniel Bircher, MD of Zurich Airport International, and Christoph Schnellmann, vice chairman of Noida International Airport
It demands the parallel development of ground infrastructure, regulatory frameworks and operational procedures,” said Dr Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy, founder and director of Ubifly Technologies (The ePlane Company). Beyond physical infrastructure, they aim to develop the regulatory SOPs, vertiport management systems and operational ecosystem specifically required to deploy ePlane’s e200X aircraft, targeting airport-to-airport transit, intra-city commutes, and emergency air ambulance services across the region. “Deploying electric air taxis requires more than just building the aircraft. “This MoU allows us to systematically validate our operational models using drone trials before transitioning to piloted e200X flights.