Kazakhstan Just Test‑Flew an eVTOL Air Taxi Over Alatau – Central Asia’s First

The future of urban air mobility just landed in Kazakhstan. A video circulating on social media showing an “unusual aircraft” over Alatau has been confirmed by the city akimat as test flights of AutoFlight’s passenger eVTOL (electric vertical take‑off and landing aircraft) . The first public demonstration flight is scheduled for tomorrow, 19 May 2026 —a Central Asian first, involving partners from South Korea, Italy, and China .

B2B Take-Home

Alatau is positioning itself as a “fully digital city” with a unique legal status signed into law by President Tokayev this month . For travel innovators, this is a live case study in how secondary cities can leapfrog legacy infrastructure.