Drones cause a lot of trouble even with little air traffic." This was announced by the DFS German Air Traffic Control in January 2021 via a press release. According to DFS, there were a total of 92 reported disabilities caused by drones in German airspace in 2020. A clear minus compared to previous years, which was, however, less severe than the drastic reduction in air traffic in the Corona year 2020. And more than half of the reported incidents led to disruptions in air traffic. Air traffic control and airport operators are therefore placing great hopes in the system for effective drone detection, which DFS is to develop on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure . in theIn the summer of last year, DFS investigated what an effective use of current detection systems at the major airports in Frankfurt and Munich could look like in live operation .
The topic of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is one of the most exciting urban planning challenges of our time. Gigantic metropolitan regions like the French capital Paris seem to be the perfect environment to establish new forms of passenger and goods traffic. For example with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles. In addition to technological and regulatory challenges, there are also questions about public acceptance and scalable business models that need to be answered in advance. A challenging transport infrastructure and the need to use modern technologies to reduce emissions of fine dust or gases that are harmful to the climate: not least against the backdrop of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024, the urban development agency Choose Paris Region is currently intensively developing a concept for establishing a UAM ecosystem around the French capital. A concept in which air taxis could be of central importance. In addition to the airport operator Aéroports de Paris (Groupe ADP) , R