Wisk Aero and South East Queensland Council of Mayors release AAM white paper

Wisk Aero and the South East Queens­land Coun­cil of May­ors (COMSEQ), Australia’s largest region­al local gov­ern­ment organ­i­sa­tion, have pub­lished a white paper out­lin­ing the ben­e­fits that advanced air mobil­i­ty (AAM) will bring.

The two organ­i­sa­tions entered into a strate­gic part­ner­ship, which start­ed with a mem­o­ran­dum of under­stand­ing signed in July 2022, and they con­tin­ue to col­lab­o­rate on out­reach and events to show­case the ben­e­fits of AAM.

Wisk Aero Part­ners with Queens­land Local Gov­ern­ment on Aus­tralian Air Mobil­i­ty

“Bris­bane and South East Queens­land are a go-to mar­ket for glob­al inno­va­tion and tech­nol­o­gy as the 2032 Bris­bane Olympic and Par­a­lympic Games draw clos­er,” said COMSEQ Chair, and Bris­bane Lord May­or, Adri­an Schrin­ner.

“This tech­nol­o­gy will have an impor­tant role to play in an inte­grat­ed region­al trans­port net­work, com­ple­ment­ing oth­er ser­vices like rail and metro. It also presents an oppor­tu­ni­ty to unlock the South East’s tourism mar­ket by pro­vid­ing new con­nec­tions between our coast, island and rur­al des­ti­na­tions.”

The paper also out­lines how AAM will become an inte­grat­ed part of SEQ’s trans­porta­tion net­work as the region looks to address issues of high growth includ­ing con­ges­tion, envi­ron­men­tal sus­tain­abil­i­ty and grow­ing demand for afford­able and acces­si­ble flight.

“Queens­land has an incred­i­ble oppor­tu­ni­ty to be at the fore­front of AAM,” said Cather­ine Mac­Gowan, Asia Pacif­ic Region­al Direc­tor for Wisk.

“The region is expe­ri­enc­ing unprece­dent­ed growth, and estab­lish­ing a thriv­ing AAM sec­tor will cre­ate impor­tant eco­nom­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties and trans­porta­tion link­ages that will help the region devel­op in a sus­tain­able way. We are very excit­ed to con­tin­ue to work with the Coun­cil of May­ors and oth­ers to bring our all-elec­tric, self-fly­ing air taxi to South East Queens­land.”

Both COMSEQ and Wisk believe the launch of the paper, ‘Bring­ing AAM to Aus­tralia’, high­lights the crit­i­cal impor­tance of col­lab­o­ra­tion between gov­ern­ment and indus­try in mov­ing AAM for­ward.