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Paris Officials Start Selecting Partners For Urban Air Mobility Trials
Choose Paris Region intends to name the partners for its UAM project in mid-December 2020.
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Officials in Paris want to get early urban air mobility services operating during 2024 when the French capital will host the Olympic Games.

Paris officials are evaluating expressions of interest from more than 150 companies and organizations wanting to participate in its plans to make the French capital an early adopter of urban air mobility (UAM) services. The Choose Paris Region economic development agency, which is working in partnership with airports group ADP and ground transportation network RATP, says it expects to announce partners for the project by around mid-December.

Romain Erny, Choose Paris Region’s director for mobility and space, told FutureFlight that “we received very interesting applications from all over the world, which is an excellent beginning for our UAM initiative.” He said the agency will not be publishing the list of candidates for the project after the deadline for filing expressions of interest closed on November 13.