JetSetGo Partners with SkyDrive and Eve Air Mobility for Urban Air Mobility in India

In January 2025 the Indian private aviation company JetSetGo announced two urban air mobility (UAM) partnerships at the Urban Air Mobility Expo and Conference, part of the CII Bharat Global Mobility Show. One was with the Japanese eVTOL maker SkyDrive, the other with Eve Air Mobility, the Embraer-backed UAM company. This page explains what was agreed and what still has to happen before electric air taxis can fly in India.

The SkyDrive agreement

JetSetGo signed an initial agreement with SkyDrive to explore deployment of its three-seat, fully electric aircraft. It includes a Letter of Intent for the pre-order of up to 50 aircraft. A letter of intent is not a firm order: it shows interest and sets terms for further talks, and the aircraft still need certification. The first projects are planned for Gujarat, with other regions to follow, according to Convergence India.

The Eve Air Mobility agreement

With Eve, JetSetGo agreed to explore using Vector, Eve's urban air traffic management software, for its future eVTOL fleet. AIN reported that JetSetGo became Eve's 14th Vector customer and its second in India. Software like Vector is needed because dozens of low-flying electric aircraft over a city require a way to share flight plans, avoid each other and coordinate with airport traffic, a role normal air traffic control does not cover at that density.

The wider JetSetGo plan

JetSetGo has said it signed an agreement earlier in 2025 for 280 hybrid-electric aircraft, with 130 more on option, valued at over USD 1.3 billion. The deal involves Electra.aero, Horizon Aircraft and Overair. The aircraft would be used mainly for airport transfers and regional connections. Chief Strategy Officer Jonathan Sumner described UAM as a way to build a new transport system inside cities, with economic and social benefits.

What has to happen before this works

• Certification: every aircraft type must be approved by India's aviation regulator, the DGCA, or recognised through another regulator's approval.
• Infrastructure: vertiports for landing, charging and passenger handling are needed in each city.
• Airspace rules: low-level airspace over cities needs new procedures and digital traffic management.
• Pricing: services must be affordable enough to attract regular customers.
• Public acceptance: noise and safety need to be shown to be acceptable.

Why it matters

India has some of the most crowded city roads in the world, so airport transfers by air are an obvious first use. Announcements at trade shows are early steps, and many eVTOL programmes elsewhere have taken longer than first planned. Treat these as signs of intent until firm orders and certification are announced. Our directory lists aviation startups, helicopter operators and drone and eVTOL companies, and you can find JetSetGo here.

What an eVTOL is

An eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft) uses electric motors to lift off and land vertically, like a helicopter, and in many designs switches to wing-borne flight for cruise. Electric motors are quieter than helicopter engines, and the designs are simpler to maintain in theory. The weak point is the battery: today's batteries store much less energy than jet fuel, which limits range to short city and regional hops. That is why the early use cases are airport transfers and short routes between nearby cities.

Why partnerships come first

Most eVTOL makers are still testing and certifying their aircraft. Operators like JetSetGo sign agreements early so that they have delivery positions when approval comes. The agreements also help manufacturers show investors that there are real customers. The risk for operators is that certification takes longer than planned or that a manufacturer runs out of funding, which is why a letter of intent costs little to sign and can be walked away from.

Frequently asked questions

Is JetSetGo buying 50 SkyDrive aircraft?

Not yet. It signed a letter of intent for a pre-order of up to 50, which is not a binding order.

What is Vector?

Vector is Eve Air Mobility's software for managing urban air traffic.

When will air taxis fly in India?

No date has been confirmed. First projects are planned for Gujarat, but certification and infrastructure are needed first.