Urban Air Mobility

Question 1

potential use cases

Answer 1

medical emergency, services(logistics), passenger transport, surveillance, military

can relieve urban traffic of mega cities

green and fast urban mobility (electric)

Question 2

elements of a UAM system

Answer 2

vehicles, infrastructure demand and investments, airspace integration and operations, public acceptance and political support

Question 3

public acceptance

Answer 3

safety, noise, and visual pollution

Question 4

UAM aircraft design

Answer 4

range, capacity, cruise speed, hover efficiency, cruise efficiency, maintenance costs, direct operating costs, size, noise

Question 5

capacity limiting processes

Answer 5

examples: airspace capacity, airfield capacity, terminal capacity, ground access capacity

Question 6

market actors

Answer 6

insurance company, platform provider, service provider, MRO company, vehicle owner and manufacturer, ground infrastructure provider, UTM provider

Question 7

Scenarios

Answer 7

UAM is never the first/last mile transport