AAM Study Offers Potential “to Revolutionise Irish Commuting”

Elec­tric Avi­a­tion Maven (EA Maven), is col­lab­o­rat­ing with Future Mobil­i­ty Cam­pus Ire­land (FMCI), to research the poten­tial impact of advanced air mobil­i­ty (AAM) in Ire­land, reports a press release.

The coun­try offers an ide­al envi­ron­ment for fly­ing taxis and oth­er inno­v­a­tive air trav­el solu­tions with its com­pact size and mild cli­mate, say the researchers. 

The  part­ners are com­mit­ted to trans­form­ing Ireland’s mobil­i­ty land­scape by eval­u­at­ing the fea­si­bil­i­ty and impact of inte­grat­ing AAM solu­tions through encom­pass­ing pop­u­la­tion cen­tres, trans­port habits and poten­tial com­mer­cial avi­a­tion routes. Their study high­lights sig­nif­i­cant envi­ron­men­tal, eco­nom­ic and effi­cien­cy ben­e­fits for the coun­try.

Dar­rell Swan­son of EA Maven, com­ment­ed, “Ire­land offers a unique oppor­tu­ni­ty for eVTOL OEMs and Oper­a­tors who will be able to access a mar­ket of 89 mil­lion trav­ellers annu­al­ly, seek­ing to under­take busi­ness or access the diverse his­tor­i­cal, cul­tur­al and leisure oppor­tu­ni­ties across the coun­try.” 

He con­tin­ued, “With a poten­tial eco­nom­ic impact of EUR96 mil­lion in time sav­ings from Urban Air Mobil­i­ty alone, the oppor­tu­ni­ty is sig­nif­i­cant. Giv­en the trans­porta­tion mix with 87 per­cent of the jour­neys being under­tak­en by car, there is a sig­nif­i­cant oppor­tu­ni­ty to help decar­bonise road trans­port.” 

The release states, “For Urban Air Mobil­i­ty (UAM) the study iden­ti­fied 174 poten­tial routes con­nect­ing 103 pop­u­la­tion cen­tres across urban areas. Dublin, with 74 routes, remains the pri­ma­ry trans­port hub for ori­gin and des­ti­na­tion points. How­ev­er, oth­er cities like Lim­er­ick and Shan­non (29 routes com­bined), as well as Cork (27 routes), also show strong poten­tial for air trav­el alter­na­tives. Mean­while, exist­ing air­port infra­struc­ture in region­al areas lends itself to 50 poten­tial routes with fixed wing elec­tric or hybrid air­craft.”

Swan­son con­tin­ued, “By reduc­ing reliance on sur­face trans­port, air mobil­i­ty solu­tions can cut emis­sions, ease road con­ges­tion, and save time, poten­tial­ly free­ing up 111,500 hours week­ly for region­al trav­ellers alone.”

As to Region­al Air Mobil­i­ty, the report assessed 16 air­ports and dis­cov­ered there are up to 50 poten­tial domes­tic routes with a tar­get mar­ket of 78 mil­lion trav­ellers annu­al­ly, which could con­tribute EUR192 mil­lion in eco­nom­ic stim­u­la­tion through time sav­ings.

Rus­sell Vick­ers, CEO of FMCI, remarked, “This study with EA Maven high­lights the need to decen­tralise our cur­rent trans­porta­tion meth­ods and, instead, to embrace more bal­anced and mul­ti­modal solu­tions that con­nect cities, towns and regions more effec­tive­ly.”

The research not only shows nation­wide ben­e­fits by improv­ing trans­port options in both dense­ly pop­u­lat­ed cities and remote rur­al areas, but has rein­forced FMCI’s com­mit­ment to bring AAM to Ire­land. 

Dar­rell Swan­son 

Back­ground

EA Maven is at the fore­front of Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty solu­tions, hold­ing a com­mit­ment to inno­va­tion and envi­ron­men­tal stew­ard­ship. The com­pa­ny is focus­ing on the key chal­lenges of AAM through the pro­vi­sion of strat­e­gy sup­port, demand mod­el­ling, infra­struc­ture design and due dili­gence ser­vices.

The com­pa­ny is par­tic­i­pat­ing at today’s eVTOL Insights Lon­don Con­fer­ence.

For more infor­ma­tion

www.eamaven.com

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