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Groups Call for Advanced Air Mobility to Ensure Access For Disabled Travelers
Ten percent of the world's population face major mobility impairment challenges.
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Disabled travel advocates are calling for accessibility for all passengers to be a key consideration in planning the introduction of urban air mobility services, such as those envisaged by Embraer's Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions. (

The specific needs of disabled passengers should be considered when planning advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft and services, according to a new white paper that calls on regulators and industry to focus more on this stakeholder group. The paper was prepared by Aerobility, a UK-based not-for-profit organization encouraging disabled people to fly, and the Civic Air Transport Association (CIVITA Global).

The groups argue that new modes of transportation using eVTOL aircraft will meet their full potential only if all travelers, including disabled people, are able to make full use of them. The paper spells out several ways in which regulators and companies developing AAM and urban air mobility (UAM) services need to account for the needs of disabled passengers.