FIA2024 Lilium Survey: “Close to Three-Quarters of UK Population Believe it is Time for Sustainable Air Travel”

Lil­i­um has announced this week that a recent sur­vey car­ried out in the UK showed that almost three-quar­ters of those sur­veyed, believe it is time for sus­tain­able air trav­el, reports a press release.

The Ger­man-based eVTOL com­pa­ny, pre­sent­ed this new research lead­ing up to the Farn­bor­ough Inter­na­tion­al Air­show (FIA) this week, where more than 60 per­cent of respon­dents stat­ed they were con­cerned by aviation’s impact on envi­ron­men­tal noise, traffic/congestion near large air­ports, and dam­age to rur­al envi­ron­ments.

The study sur­veyed 1,000 nation­al­ly rep­re­sen­ta­tive adults across Eng­land, North­ern Ire­land, Scot­land and Wales and was con­duct­ed between July 10^th and by insight agency, Opini­um.

The release states, “In par­tic­u­lar, respon­dents from Wales and the West Mid­lands not­ed con­cern for dam­age to rur­al envi­ron­ments at 77 per­cent and 80 per­cent respec­tive­ly, high­er than the nation­al aver­age.

“In addi­tion, envi­ron­men­tal noise and traf­fic con­ges­tion were both con­cern­ing to more than sev­en in ten of Lon­don respon­dents, which plays host to four of the five busiest air­ports in the coun­try. 80 per­cent of respon­dents from the cap­i­tal cit­ed con­cerns for air travel’s impact on pol­lu­tion. Of those sur­veyed, 74 per­cent cit­ed con­cern for aviation’s impact on pol­lu­tion and cli­mate change. Over­all, 71 per­cent of respon­dents agreed that it’s about time there was a sus­tain­able mode of air trav­el.”

Respon­dents were also ques­tioned about their trans­port pref­er­ence. The three pri­ma­ry cit­ed fac­tors were cost, con­ve­nience of access and com­fort.

Those sur­veyed were also asked which modes of trans­port they would most like­ly utilise for trav­el­ling region­al dis­tances (100 miles/160 kilo­me­tres). At present, one in two would trav­el via car, whilst 34 per cent by train. For respon­dents aged 18–34, the train was the most pop­u­lar option (42 per­cent), whilst the car was the most pop­u­lar option for trav­ellers aged 35–54 (53 per­cent) and 55+ (61 per­cent).

Sebastien Borel (Cred­it: Lil­i­um)

The release con­tin­ues, “Of those sur­veyed as part of this research, 59 per­cent expressed inter­est in using eVTOL air­craft as a mode of trans­port, if it was avail­able to them. While, 82 per­cent of respon­dents who have an under­stand­ing of eVTOL air­craft would use one if avail­able to them.

Sebastien Borel, CCO of Lil­i­um, remarked, “The sur­vey shows that peo­ple in the UK are ready to fly eVTOL air­craft such as the Lil­i­um Jet.  Peo­ple are look­ing for a trans­formed approach to mobil­i­ty that min­imis­es noise and air pol­lu­tion. One that is more com­fort­able and con­ve­nient to access. We see the Lil­i­um Jet as a clear solu­tion to this chal­lenge.” 

The Key Take­aways include:-

: 71 per­cent think it’s about time we had sus­tain­able air trav­el.

: 74 per­cent  are con­cerned for aviation’s impact on pol­lu­tion, cli­mate change and envi­ron­men­tal dis­rup­tion.

: 82 per­cent who have an under­stand­ing of eVTOL air­craft would use one if avail­able to them.

: Top fac­tors for choos­ing modes of trans­port: cost, con­ve­nience of access and com­fort.

: Near­ly 60 per­cent expressed inter­est in using eVTOLs if avail­able.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://lilium.com

(Top image: Cred­it ‑Uni­ver­si­ty of Pitts­burgh)

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