fotokredit Sebastian Thomas Bay, courtesy of HCA Airport
Danish partnership to bring eVTOL transport to Denmark
DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby
A new partnership was formed between HCA airport Odense and copenhagen helicopter Establish an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) infrastructure to transport passengers between big cities in Denmark.
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The goal of the partnership is to deliver an eVTOL prototype to Denmark by this summer, followed by the development of one or more vertiports in Odense.
Photo courtesy DuFour, Courtesy HCA Aircraft
“In a few years, we will be able to take the light rail to Odense station and from there take an air taxi to Copenhagen and other Danish cities. It’s time to start building a whole new infrastructure based on manned flying taxis that will contribute to the government’s goal of 100% green domestic transport: “Flights to cities like Gothenburg, Hamburg and Berlin in the future.” Advanced air mobility is on the agenda everywhere and these cities are within reach of these flying taxis.”
The partnership aims to attract foreign AAM operators to HCA airports through testing and demonstration activities or long-term service and maintenance. HCA Airport is home to the UAS Denmark Test Center, an internationally recognized drone test site.
“Advanced air mobility is based on a new revolution in aviation that says goodbye to fossil fuels and favors electrification and biofuels. We already know from the move to Copenhagen Helicopters CEO Martin Andersen said:
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Andersen says Copenhagen Helicopters’ calculations show that the AAM field could transport 84,000 passengers per day and remove 120,000 tons of CO2 from Danish roads by 2035.
“This could be the beginning of a whole new way of transporting ourselves and goods in the future. We can see that other countries and cities are already ahead. Denmark and Odense are of course also in this trend. Future flying taxis can fly on green power generated by Danish offshore wind turbines, helping to keep traffic off the road. In the same way that started with a talented engineer at the University of Southern Denmark and a city that dared to think boldly and take risks, this is the first step towards a new business venture and hopefully employs We believe it will create, contribute to the transition to the environment, and create a whole new way of transporting people.”
Countries such as South Korea and Germany already have advanced frameworks for introducing air taxis. Seoul has plans to fly drones regularly around the city as early as 2025, and in Germany an Airbus-led partnership that includes Deutsche Bahn, Munich Airport and Telekom is implementing air taxis between German cities. increase. A total of €86 million has been allocated for the project over the next three years.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., in early 2022, Boeing invested $450 million in Wisk Aero, a Silicon Valley company developing self-propelled propeller planes.
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Ian attended Dominican University in California and graduated with a BA in English in 2019. With his lifelong passion for writing and storytelling and keen interest in technology, he now contributes to his DroneLife as a staff writer.
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