By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-09-23 09:13:42 | Updated at 2024-09-30 09:34:54
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Hong Kong’s transport minister has pledged to test out drone and flying car businesses in a “step-by-step” manner, with experts calling for cross-departmental and cross-border discussions to pave the way for the city to tap into the multi-trillion national low-altitude economy.
Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung said on Monday that the government was actively examining which trial programmes were more feasible.
“We are collaborating with different government departments to relax restrictions and remove barriers, providing more convenience for low-altitude aviation,” Lam said.
“We will run the trials step-by-step, from short-haul to long-haul, and from light-weighted to heavy-weighted.”
The low-altitude economy generally refers to manned and unmanned activities within airspace below 1,000 metres (3,281 feet), exemplified by good delivery by drones and manned tours by electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
