Hans Siljebäck represented A2M – Advanced Air Mobility at Amsterdam Drone Week (ADW)zx – Connecting Air Mobility Worldwide, discussing automation within the Advanced Air Mobility sector. Drawing on insights from IBG A2M’s work with municipalities and regions in Scandinavia, he highlighted some of the key challenges.
The panel discussion covered various aspects of automation, including CISP services in the Netherlands, Strategic and Tactical Information Sharing, and flight and vertiport operations.
Sweden is a vast country, and financing the infrastructure necessary to make Advanced Air Mobility services accessible to rural regions is crucial for enabling essential societal services. Today, many people live far from services that those in more densely populated areas take for granted. While automation may help reduce operational costs, it may not always be a viable solution for these remote regions.
Hans Siljebäck stressed the need for governments to reassess the funding structure for AAM advocating for a model in which a baseline level of service is state-funded to ensure that all communities, regardless of economic status, have access to essential UTM / U-Space services. He suggested that additional services and infrastructure—designed to manage higher traffic densities safely and efficiently—could be funded locally by municipalities or regions in more densely populated areas, where they would be both beneficial and sustainable.
