FutureFlight On The Radar
UK Study Charts How eVTOL and eSTOL Aircraft Could Transform Public Transportation
UK Research and Innovation commissioned EAMaven to examine the business case for 20 prospective advanced air mobility routes in 20 British cities and regions.

Electric aircraft could enable new public transportation services connecting British cities and regions more efficiently, according to research commissioned by UK Research and Innovation’s Future Flight Challenge. The UK Advanced Air Mobility Market Assessment prepared by Swanson Aviation Consultancy’s EAMaven team focuses on 20 prospective routes, including 14 that would use eSTOL aircraft and six for which eVTOL vehicles would be deployed.

The study determined that the services would employ 224 aircraft, of which 160 would be four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, with the remainder being 19-seat eSTOL models. The authors, Darrell Swanson and Jarek Zych, calculated that on average each aircraft would generate 1,854 revenue flight hours per year, with the eVTOL vehicles having somewhat higher utilization rates.