Singapore’s holiday-goers could soon be gliding over the sea, rather than cutting through them.
Aerospace firm ST Engineering debuted the AirFish, a 10-seater craft that glides around one to three meters above the water, on Feb. 3 at the Singapore Airshow.
“For typical boats, there’s a lot of friction on the sea,” explains Leon Tan, vice president of ST Engineering AirX, the wing of the firm which oversees the craft’s design. The AirFish caters to travelers who “want point-to-point speed,” he tells Fortune, as it achieves a velocity of up to 100 knots (116 miles per hour), comparable to a light aircraft.
