Suzhou, China, November 22, 2025 – Just when you thought advanced air mobility was confined to city rooftops, AutoFlight Aviation Technology has literally launched a new vision.

The global leader in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) innovation has unveiled the world’s first integrated sea–air solution for low-altitude mobility. We’re talking about zero-carbon water vertiports combined with eVTOL aircraft, designed to rapidly deploy advanced air mobility infrastructure across rivers, lakes, and coastal zones. This isn’t just about flying cars; it’s about fundamentally rethinking where they can land and recharge, sidestepping the land constraints that have long plagued urban air mobility.

AutoFlight’s Zero-Carbon eVTOL Water Vertiport functions as a fully autonomous, floating operations center. It’s more than just a landing pad; it integrates eVTOL landing platforms, photovoltaic charging and storage, and intelligent dispatch and communication systems. The genius here? It enables fast deployment without the need for extensive land-based construction, a major hurdle for urban air infrastructure. Its fully electric design supports take-off, landing, and charging, while enabling real-time coordination with eVTOLs. This flexible system is compatible with AutoFlight’s core models, including the industrial-grade White Shark, the 2-ton-class cargo model CarryAll, and the six-seat passenger eVTOL Prosperity, creating a truly integrated land–sea–air network.

This integrated sea–air solution promises to enhance efficiency across five critical sectors:

• Marine Energy Platform Maintenance: Significantly improving the speed and reliability of transporting personnel and critical parts.
• Emergency Response: Combining wide-area search capabilities with rapid eVTOL deployment, drastically reducing response times and expanding coverage.
• High-Frequency Commuting: Enabling rapid urban, coastal, and island mobility, slashing typical journey times from hours to mere minutes.
• Sea–Air Tourism: Adding a premium “flight+” option to high-end tourism experiences, offering unique perspectives.
• Mobile Vertiport Networks: Allowing multiple water vertiports to be networked, supporting high-throughput, multi-aircraft operations for dynamic routing.

Amid growing global demand for sustainable transport, this water-based vertiport offers a low-impact approach to urban and regional air mobility. By leveraging existing waterways, cities can rapidly deploy electric aviation infrastructure without the headache of major land development. Developed with strategic partner CATL, the solution incorporates safe, high-performance battery systems and clean-energy technology across both eVTOLs and vertiports, fostering a truly carbon-neutral air mobility ecosystem.

AutoFlight recently demonstrated this groundbreaking Sea–Air solution at Dianshan Lake in Kunshan. A 2-ton-class eVTOL took off flawlessly from the Zero-Carbon Water Vertiport, followed by a multi-aircraft formation flight. Live airdrop missions were also conducted, vividly showcasing the system’s potential for emergency response and low-altitude logistics. This wasn’t just a concept; it was a compelling, real-world deployment.

AutoFlight Aviation Technology, founded in 2016, is a global pioneer in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) innovation, known for its expertise in lightweight portable underwater drones and industrial-grade ROV systems.

They’ve consistently pushed the boundaries of aerial technology, and this latest innovation extends their engineering excellence into a truly novel domain, bringing the precision and intelligence of advanced robotics into everyday life.

The question isn’t whether eVTOLs will arrive, but how quickly AutoFlight’s floating vertiports will enable them to dock right in your local waterway.

Source: AutoFlight Aviation Technology