The future Urban Air Mobility in Ile de France with electric vertical take-off and landing and its social acceptance

Valentin Santia-Andrews

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The aim of the thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the groundbreaking technology of electric vertical take-off and landing in the Urban Air Mobility, in the context of the fourth industrial and digital revolution of the 21st century. The aims are to identify the evolution of this modern technology and to study the potential integration into the IDF region. The author focuses only on electric vertical take-off and landing passenger transportation. The main objective of the research is to study the social acceptance and people attitudes towards this emerging air transportation solution. Based on the given results, it will provide suggestions and recommendations to maximise people acceptance. In the master’s thesis, the author tests a series of hypotheses related to the social acceptance of electric vertical take-off and landing. It seeks to shed brighter light on differences in attitudes caused by people’s characteristics, such as gender, age and gross monthly income. About methodology, the findings mainly come from quantitative methods. Methodologically, the study primarily employs quantitative methods, utilizing data collected from a Google Forms survey administered to 263 individuals, with SPSS software used for hypothesis testing. Additionally, qualitative interviews with experts were conducted to supplement the findings. After conducting the analysis, it turns out that the findings are somewhat similar to other relevant reports and surveys published by authorities and key players in the sector, where they conclude that demographic features, habits and culture are significant factors creating differences in the way French people accept or not electric vertical take-off and landing. Based on the global results, some recommendations are provided, which aim at increasing the understanding and foster social acceptance of eVTOL.

Keywords

Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing, Urban Air Mobility, Social Acceptance

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 31. 3. 2024

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: doc. Ing. Petr Procházka, MSc Ph.D.
• Reader: Vladimír Hönig, externi

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme:
Economics and Management