Incheon Metropolitan City, is partnering with the Institute for Aerospace Industry-Academia Collaboration (IAIAC) and MITRE Corps, to create “a comprehensive strategy for the successful integration of AAM into Incheon’s transportation network,” reports a press release.
Their Concept of Operations (CONOPS) outlines an approach to AAM integration, with a strong emphasis on safety, community acceptance and improved mobility. The release says, “Incheon City’s wide-ranging features, including close island access, and major airports and ports, make the city’s AAM strategy valuable as a potential blueprint for other municipalities.”
Jeong-bok Yoo, the Incheon Mayor, commented, “The integration of AAM operations within the city, promises to transform our region’s transportation landscape. This CONOPS serves as a roadmap to that future, prioritising safety, community acceptance and improved mobility.”
He continued, “We aim to become a world leader in AAM operations, enhancing the quality of life for our citizens, driving economic growth, and promoting environmental sustainability.”
Jeong-bok Yoo
The CONOPS is the result of extensive collaboration between Incheon City, its citizens, consortium partners, the national government, international partners, IAIAC and MITRE. “It outlines an evolutionary growth path across three phases, from research, development, and demonstration, through to integration and initial commercial deployment,” explains the release. “And finally to maturation and expansion.”
The document outlines Incheon City’s objectives and priorities for AAM, including enabling residents of the Incheon islands to visit the mainland and return home within one day, while providing Incheon residents with a 30-minute travel option around the broader region.
Kerry Buckley, MITRE VP and director of the Centre for Integrated Transportation, remarked, “We are at the beginning of an evolutionary leap in air transportation. Our work in the Republic of Korea has applications in cities around the world and comes at a critical juncture as the United States is actively working on integration of new entrants into the National Airspace System.”
Background
Incheon Metropolitan City is a major port adjacent to the West Sea, a part of the Yellow Sea. It is South Korea’s third-largest metropolis, after Seoul and Busan. Incheon is a free economic zone; boasts an International Airport; and is a host for the Global UAM Regional Summit.
Incheon Metropolitan City (Credit:Wikipedia)
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