On November 8, 2025, the Faculty of Finance at the City University of Macau organized an in-depth aviation industry inspection tour for the year. Students from the Master of Finance program, led by Professor Ray Chan and Teaching Assistant Li Xiaoyan, visited the Macau Aviation Operation Center and the 14th Macau Business Aviation Exhibition. Integrating aviation technology, financial applications, and trends in the low-altitude economy, they embarked on a practical journey that blended theory and practice.

The 2025 exhibition, under the theme "The Path of Integration, Shared Prosperity: Synergistic Development of the Low-Altitdue Economy and Business Aviation," featured a dedicated low-altitude economy zone for the first time. This zone focused on showcasing emerging technologies such as drones and eVTOLs (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft) and hosted the "New Energy and Smart Transportation Trends Development Forum." Leveraging resources from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and attracting global aviation enterprises, the exhibition served as a core platform demonstrating the strength of China's aviation industry and innovative achievements in the low-altitude economy.

Students had close-up exposure to multi-rotor drones and manned eVTOL prototypes, learning about their technical parameters and business models in scenarios like short-distance commuting and emergency rescue. The "Flight Master Business Jet Edition" team shared 2025 business aviation operational data, highlighting trends such as significant growth in cross-border operational demand, increased operational volume of new aircraft models, and rapid growth in the charter market for large-cabin and super-midsize aircraft models, providing references for industry decision-making. Professor Chan, drawing on classroom case studies, guided students in considering how to support small and medium-sized general aviation enterprises in Macau through financial leasing models. Teaching Assistant Li Xiaoyan organized group discussions focused on analyzing industry talent requirements using an "Aviation Finance Job Competency Matrix," encouraging students to pay attention to emerging areas like aviation carbon emission rights trading and drone logistics finance, thereby accumulating cross-disciplinary perspectives for their career development.

This activity, through its tripartite model of "on-site visits, academic seminars, industry practice," helped students build a comprehensive understanding of the aviation industry landscape. It integrated classroom theory (such as financial risk management, financial leasing) with cutting-edge fields like aviation technology and the low-altitude economy, enhancing interdisciplinary research capabilities. By engaging with "national key assets" like domestically produced large aircraft and eVTOLs, students strengthened their confidence in technology and sense of mission towards the industry. Leveraging Macau's role as a "Platform between China and Portuguese-speaking Countries," the activity explored how aviation finance can serve the integrated development of the low-altitude economy in the Greater Bay Area. The 14th Macau Business Aviation Exhibition 2025, with "Integration" at its core, served as an important vehicle for Macau's economic diversification through its display of the entire industry chain, professional exchanges, and supporting events, injecting new momentum into the synergistic development of the low-altitude economy and business aviation.