Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. , Photo Credit: PTI
Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that the concept of flying cars, which we used to see in movies, has become a reality and the government is fully committed to support this mode of transport.
Delivering the keynote address at the International Conference and Exhibition on Advanced Short Haul Air Mobility for All (ASHA): Technologies for Ease of Air-Transport, Shri Scindia said, “The concept of flying cars, which we used to see in movies such as blade Runner And star wars When we were growing up, is a reality today.
common stakeholders
“I take this stand on behalf of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and on behalf of the Government of India that we stand ready to be equal stakeholders with you and partners in the progress of what will be the seed of a new transportation revolution in the world beginning with India resulted from.
Referring to a market study conducted by McKinsey, Shri Scindia said that today around 31% to 49% of Indians would prefer to travel by advanced air mobility in terms of short services to be able to save time.
“31% to 49% of Indians want to travel by advanced air mobility. Guess which market you are talking about. You’re talking about 650 million people, twice the total population of the United States and 1.3 times the total population of Europe. This is the market which is ready to adopt Asha as a part of their daily activities in India today,” said Mr. Scindia.
infrastructure needed
He also stressed on the need to enhance the infrastructure for creating advanced air mobility using Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (EVTOL) aircraft.
“We need to ensure that vertiports are built, short landing and take-off facilities are provided. Apart from setting up vertiports in each state, we also need to set up charging vehicle systems for EVTOLs, such as Electric car market, which is growing rapidly in India, EVTOLs should symbolically grow along with the electric car market in India and those charging ports should double for EVTOLs along with cars and the infrastructure required to be installed needed,” he said.