EA Maven – Electric Aviation Maven (EA Maven) is a management consultancy firm focusing on solving the key challenges in the area of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) through the provision of AAM strategy support, demand modelling, infrastructure design and due diligence services. The company was co-founded by Darrell Swanson (BAG Board Member) and Jarek Zych who have been working in the Advanced Air Mobility field for over 7 years.
The Call – EA Maven is producing a report which sets out the total potential for AAM services in the United Kingdom. This will cover the total potential for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and Regional Air Mobility (RAM) services from cities and airports, address the number of vertiports needed to service the demand, energy requirements, jobs created, economic stimulation, number of aircraft required among other KPIs. EA Maven is seeking supporting publications from members of the British Aviation Group to raise the profile of AAM in the UK. EA Maven will be publishing its report at or during the Revolution.Aero conference in June 2024 and are looking for supporting papers to be published after the conference.
Passenger Terminal Expo Presentation – At PTE, will be presenting EA Maven’s initial paper on the total potential for AAM in the UK. The following are some of the highlights:
UK Urban Air Mobility – 994 potentially viable routes among 368 cities with a potential contribution of £515m to the economy in time savings alone.
UK Regional Air Mobility – 684 potentially viable routes between 63 airports with a potential contribution of £1.04 bn to the economy in time savings alone.
London RAM – 46 potential routes targeting 257m travellers per annum, 32% of which are business travellers. Total economic contribution through time savings is £219m per year.
UK Summary – There are 3x more potentially viable RAM routes between airports than UAM routes between cities. RAM is 8x more impactful than UAM with reference to the time savings and economic benefits that accrue from increased productivity.
Republic of Ireland – We have assessed Ireland and identified 174 potentially viable UAM routes among 103 cities with a potential economic contribution of €330m. For RAM we have identified 50 potentially viable routes among 16 airports with a potential economic contribution of €747m.
Ireland Summary – There are 2x more potentially viable RAM routes between airports than UAM routes between cities. RAM is 14.5x more impactful than UAM with reference to the time savings and economic benefits that accrue from increased productivity.
UK Advanced Air Mobility Report – The following is an indicative list of the information that we will be publishing in our report during the Revolution.Aero conference to which successful applicants will have early access to for the publication of their supporting papers.
General
· Origin/Destination volumes of travellers by region – we have this on an OD basis but is only available through a commercial agreement.
· Mode of travel - Capture rates for road, rail, airplane, other.
· Purpose of trip – Business – Leisure/Visiting Friends & Relatives (VFR)
· AAM market share based on select criteria
· Time savings – calculated based on mode of travel split representing true origin to true destination.
· Economic benefits from time saved – we calculate the time saved over other modes of travel and apply DfT WebTag data to derive the value of time saved which could allow travellers to be more economically productive. This information will be made available on a regional and city basis.
· Frequency and capacity for flights assumptions based on select aircraft types leading to estimated load factors
· Travel time buckets indicating time saved over distance for car and public transport which will help focus route selection
Urban Air Mobility
· Carbon emissions savings – calculated using mode of travel split and insights from OEMs on energy requirements translated into carbon emissions from flight using carbon mix of UK energy mix.
· Energy Requirements - Energy consumption based on OEM benchmarking – estimates of power requirements per city/region for average week and average day. Estimation of peak hour energy requirements
· eVTOL Parking Stands - based on a mission profile the number of parking stands per city and number of vertiports assuming X no of stands per class of vertiport.
· Vertiport employment - jobs created at vertiports and potential economic impact
· AirTaxi Operator Revenue - potential revenue generated by eVTOL operators – based on an estimated 10% of the most viable network.
· Vertiport Owner/Operator Revenue - potential revenue generated by vertiport operators - based on an estimated 10% of the most viable network – landing charges estimate, commercial revenue/pax est.
· Reduction in road journeys – based on mode of transport split and DfT statistics, estimations of the number of road trips mitigated through UAM trips.
Regional Air Mobility
· Stand requirements – a calculation of the stands required for RAM operations independent of the existing count of stands.
· Passengers by region – we have passengers on an OD basis but will aggregate to protect the commercial value of the data.
· Estimation of landing fees – based on an aggregate landing fee we can calculate the landing fees by airport but aggregated to the regional level.
· Estimation of ancillary revenue generation – based on an aggregate revenue/passenger we can calculate ancillary revenue but aggregated to the regional level.
· Energy requirements – a work in progress
· Carbon emissions savings – a work in progress
· Reduction in road journeys – based on mode of transport split and DfT statistics, estimations of the number of road trips mitigated through RAM trips.
Supporting Papers – EA Maven is looking for a wide range of supporting papers on various topics up and down the airport and aviation supply chain based on members expertise.
Application Process – Please send a short summary (250 words ish) on your proposed publication with specific questions you may have or requests for further information. We will review them on a case-by-case basis and inform those who have met our criteria.
Commitment to publication – To receive the report early and access to some additional data (on a case-by-case basis) companies will have to commit to publishing at least one paper within 6 months of EA Maven publishing its paper and enter into an NDA. The objective is to build upon the output from the paper in advance of a general election in the UK to raise the profile of electric aviation on how it can be a positive impact on the economy in general. The forfeit – should a receiving party not publish a paper within the agreed time it agrees to make a donation of £2,000 to the British Aviation Groups chosen charity.
A bit of reality – We have no idea if this is going to work or if this is the right approach. We would happily welcome all suggestions, but we hold the cards. If your company has an adversarial position to AAM this would not preclude a request as anything that makes the industry stronger by addressing shortcomings is a good thing.
