Mott MacDonald and UrbanV to jointly develop Vertiports
Mott MacDonald and UrbanV will develop an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) infrastructure by identifying and exploring viable opportunities for project development worldwide.
The companies will assess the feasibility and scope for cooperation on worldwide projects in airports, vertiports and AAM, and identify geographies and partnerships.
Mott MacDonald is one of the world’s most experienced aviation consultancies, providing services from master planning and business case development through to design, delivery management and business change.
UrbanV launches AAM commercial networks starting with Rome, where it plans to enable the first route from Fiumicino Airport to Rome City Centre by the end of 2024.
Mott MacDonald project principal Horacio Rossi said: “With more than 40 years’ experience in the aviation sector and delivering more than 1000 projects, we now help to realise the potential of AAM.
“Our team has experience of developing the strategic direction for vertiports, through to masterplans for its size, terminal buildings, energy centre, airfield layout, and safe and efficient operations, as well as connections with other modes of transport, and we cannot wait to work together with UrbanV to develop opportunities.”
UrbanV CEO Carlo Tursi added: “At UrbanV, we aim to improve people’s lives by enabling a fast, efficient, safe and clean alternative to existing transport solutions for people and goods over short distances, by air.
“We have the ambition to become a major global operator of vertiport networks, starting from Italy and France, where we are working together with our founding shareholders to establish some of the first AAM routes worldwide. We are excited to partner with Mott MacDonald and we look forward to developing new opportunities together with them, on a global scale.”
Mott MacDonald is already working across the world on several AAM projects. It developed a global vertiport playbook including the strategic concept, customer experience and designs of vertiport terminals. It has also supported a consortium planning a network of at least 25 vertiports in the UK, helping develop the concept of operations, design and engineering components.
The global advanced air mobility market size was valued at USD 8.93 billion in 2022 and is projected to be worth around USD 45.12 billion by 2030, according to a study by Precedence Research.
In June, SITA, the leading IT provider to the air transport industry, and UrbanV began to develop a digital-first passenger experience for UrbanV’s vertiports in Rome due to start operations in 2024.