FutureFlight On The Radar
U.S. Commuters Give Their Take on the Case for Urban Air Mobility
Wisk asked almost 500 people across 30 U.S. cities how they would feel about traveling in electric, autonomous air taxis.

The urban air mobility (UAM) industry is not short on bullish projections about anticipated demand for air taxi services provided by new eVTOL aircraft. But has anyone asked the as-yet unproven market’s prospective customers what they want?

Wisk—the joint venture by Boeing and Kitty Hawk that is developing the two-seat, fully autonomous Cora eVTOL model—recently did just that. Now the company has published its findings in a white paper called “Autonomous UAM: Taking Mobility to New Heights.” It's a bid to try to determine whether consumer sentiment backs up predictions such as Morgan Stanley's statement that the “UAM ecosystem” could be worth close to $1.5 trillion.