Som vi hørte og så på Solakonferansen, jobber "alle" med dette nå. Ikke minst EASA/Eurocontrol. Akkurat som "alle" skal ha noe nytt gående i 2025, både ATC, hydrogen og elfly i ruter. Sertifiserende myndigheter har hendene fulle nå. Jeg tror det er nær 300 fly/helikoptertyper som ønsker sertifisering, og antallet øker for hver dag omtrent. (Red.)
South Korea tests system for controlling air taxis
By Syndicated ContentNov 11, 2021 | 12:19 AM
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea demonstrated a system for controlling
urban air mobility vehicles (UAM) on Thursday, which it hopes will serve as
taxis between major airports and downtown Seoul as soon as 2025, cutting travel
time by two-thirds.
Last year, South Korea announced a roadmap to begin commercial urban
air travel by 2025. The transport ministry estimates such services could cut
travel time for distances between 30-50km (19-31 miles) from an hour by car to
20 minutes by air.
“As UAM is expected to become one of the common means of transportation
that citizens use in daily life, it is absolutely imperative that we test and
try out UAM services in various environments,” Transport Minister Noh
Hyeong-ouk, who attended the demonstration on Thursday, said in a statement.
A pilot flew a two-seat model made by Germany’s Volocopter at Seoul’s
Gimpo Airport to test and demonstrate its control and coordination.
Powered by helicopter-like rotors for vertical take-offs and landings,
the craft demonstrated can be piloted or operate autonomously without one.
When passengers are onboard the UAMs, a pilot must man the craft to
ensure safety, a transport ministry official said, adding it would also aid
acceptance by the general public.
South Korean designers also showed off a model of their own drone
aircraft. A full-sized prototype is expected to begin test flights by next
year, with the aim of developing an operational five-seat version, according to
the transport ministry.
Other technology demonstrated at the event included imaging equipment
to detect and track the aircraft, and patented lighting systems for
“vertiports” where drones land and take off.
A trip from Incheon International Airport to central Seoul, is expected
to cost around 110,000 won ($93) when commercial journeys start in 2025 – more
expensive than premium taxis – but to drop to around 20,000 won per trip after
2035 when the market matures, the ministry said.
Thursday’s test flight determined the air traffic control system that
manages domestic and international flights at airports can also monitor and
manage UAM aircraft, the ministry said in a statement.
“This shows that the existing air traffic operations can be conducted
in harmony with UAM operations,” the statement said.
($1 = 1,178 won)
(Reporting by Heekyong Yang and Joyce Lee; Writing by Josh Smith;
Editing by Karishma Singh)
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