Certified (CAAC)
- Price / deposit
- Not published in the sources we checked
- Certification, as written on the tracker
- CAAC type, production and standard airworthiness certificates; two Air Operator Certificates (Guangzhou, Hefei)
- Delivery / launch
- Delivering (35 EH216-series units in Q2 2026); passenger operations still in trial; 2026 revenue guidance withdrawn
- Tracker updated
Certificates
A special or experimental airworthiness certificate, a production approval and an operator certificate are not type certificates. Standing is taken from the linked source.
| Vehicle | Document | Standing | Date | What the source says | Sources |
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Type certificate |
Issued |
EHang says the CAAC issued a type certificate for the EH216-S on October 13, 2023, after accepting the application in January 2021. EHang calls this approval of the aircraft design. EHang's "world's first" wording is the company's claim. |
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Standard airworthiness certificate (not a type certificate) |
Issued |
EHang says the CAAC issued a standard airworthiness certificate for an EH216-S on December 21, 2023, and that the aircraft was delivered to ETON in Guangzhou. EHang says the certificate confirms that individual aircraft matches the approved type design. It is not a type certificate. |
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Production certificate (not a type certificate) |
Issued |
EHang says the CAAC issued a production certificate for the EH216-S on April 7, 2024, under CCAR-21-R4. EHang says it approves the factory's quality system so series aircraft match the type design. It is not a type certificate. |
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Air operator certificate (not a type certificate) |
Issued |
EHang says that on March 30, 2025 the CAAC granted air operator certificates to Guangdong EHang General Aviation and Hefei HeYi Aviation for civil human-carrying pilotless aerial vehicles. Those certificates belong to the operators. They are not a type certificate. |
Orders and other deals
No funding or order row is recorded here yet.
Milestones
| Date | Vehicle | Kind | Event | Sources |
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Certification step |
Air operator certificates in Guangzhou and HefeiEHang says two operators received CAAC air operator certificates. An operator certificate is not a type certificate. |
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Certification step |
CAAC production certificateEHang says the production certificate was issued this day. It covers the factory's quality system. It is not a type certificate. |
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Certification step |
Standard airworthiness certificate, and a delivery to ETONEHang says an individual EH216-S received a standard airworthiness certificate and was delivered to ETON in Guangzhou. This certificate is not a type certificate. |
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Certification step |
CAAC type certificate issued for the EH216-SEHang says the CAAC issued the EH216-S type certificate on this day in Beijing. This is the design approval. Later airworthiness, production and operator certificates are separate. |
Slipped timeline
- 2026 revenue guidance of RMB 600 million Guidance withdrawn Aug 25 2026, no replacement EHang Q2 2026