The future of Urban Air Mobility
Driven by increasing urbanization, the worsening bane of road congestion and new advances in aircraft technology and electric propulsion, the time is ripe for the emergence of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) – the transportation of persons or goods via flying vehicles over urban areas – as a new industry. However with its rapid global spread, massive death toll and resultant lockdowns and border closures, COVID-19 has devastated demand for travel globally and had a major impact not only on the aviation but also on other industries.