Abu Dhabi’s Ethmar Holding plans purchase of 100 eVTOL aircraft from China’s EHang

Initial deliveries are set to commence in the first quarter of 2024

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Mohamad Al Dhaheri, board member of Wings Logistics Hub (right), and Conor Chia-hung Yang, CFO of EHang (left), at the signing ceremony to announce the strategic partnership between two companies.
Mohamad Al Dhaheri, board member of Wings Logistics Hub, and Conor Chia-hung Yang, CFO of EHang, at the signing ceremony to announce the strategic partnership between two companies.
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Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi’s Ethmar Holding has signed a partnership and sales agreement with China’s EHang Holdings Limited – a leading urban air mobility (UAM) technology platform company – to advance the development of urban air transportation and smart city management in the UAE and MENA region.

As part of the agreement, Wings Logistics Hub plans to purchase up to 100 units of the EH216 series electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft from EHang and introduce the company’s eVTOL to the UAE. Wings Logistics Hub is the passenger electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) and logistics tech subsidiary of Technology Holding Company - the technology arm of EIH Ethmar International Holding.

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