Air Chateau Partners with Maldives to Develop Sustainable Island Air Mobility Network
100 hybrid vertiports to be set up across the Maldives
Air Chateau DWC, a Dubai-based helicopter and vertiport operator, Regional Airports Company Limited (RACL), a state owned company of the Republic of Maldives, and Wings Capital Management of Abu Dhabi, UAE, have announced an Memorandum of Understanding.
Their goal is to create a collaborative partnership to implement VVIP & HNI air taxi operations, commercial cargo and passenger operations with eVTOLs, and advanced air mobility infrastructure across the Maldives under the “Project Elevate Maldives.”
This initiative aims to enable island air mobility for drones and vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft operations.
Dr Samir Mohammed, Chairman of Air Chateau stated:
“The Maldives presents a unique opportunity for us, especially within the tourism and mobility sectors.
With a total addressable market for air tourism transfers estimated at around half a billion dollars annually, the Maldives exemplifies the potential for Island Air Mobility (IAM), similar to Regional Air Mobility (RAM) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM).
Our helicopters and future eVTOL operations will simply complement the existing transportation modes, creating a synergistic and convenient hub-and-spoke system.”
