EASA publishes world’s first rules for operation of air taxis in cities
A proposed new regulatory framework for the operation of air taxis in cities has been published by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) – the first of its kind to be issued worldwide.
The document covers the technical domains of airworthiness, air operations, flight crew licensing and rules of the air. It’s designed to complement existing EU regulatory material for operations of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), the unmanned traffic management system known in Europe as U-space and the certification of aircraft capable of Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL), as well as EASA guidance on the design of vertiports.
The proposed new regulatory framework is open to public consultation until 30th September 2022.
