An overview of current research and developments in urban air mobility: Setting the scene for UAM introduction

Straubinger, A., Rothfeld, R., Shamiyeh, M., Büchter, K.-D., Kaiser, J., & Plötner, K. O. · 2020

citation-level

This overview puts urban air mobility on one page: vehicles, certification, traffic management, ground infrastructure, and economic constraints. It can separate parcel drones from passenger eVTOL instead of treating them as one dream. It is a 2020 map, not a current type-certificate list.

It says technological progress has brought urban air mobility into view as intra-city and inter-city passenger transport, while regulation, infrastructure, and economics remain open. Vehicles are grouped into rotary-wing and fixed-wing cruise concepts, and certification, policy, traffic management, and ground facilities are reviewed. It does not claim that a market is already operating.

Because it is an overview, do not adopt a performance number for a specific aircraft from this card. Certification progress after 2020 is not included. The card is citation-level and is not a record of re-reading the figures.