Swanson Aviation is happy to anounce that it is part of a winning consortium of aviation and aerospace partners securing funding from the Innovate UK Future Flight Challenge. Skybus explores a novel transport network, based on large electric Vertical Take-Off & Landing (eVTOL) vehicles capable of carrying between 30-50 passengers each, taking the "Park and Ride" concept into the air for mass transit over extremely congested routes thus eliminating the 2-Dimensional constraints of current surface transport modes including cars, trains and buses. This will not only offer direct benefits in reduced travel time at affordable fares but also reduce the congestion on current ground transport vehicles thus reducing overall travel time for all passengers travelling on these routes regardless of their chosen mode of transport.
Swanson Aviation is leading the efforts on defining Use Cases, User Profiles, Infrastrucure Requirements, Site Selection Criteria and supporting the business modelling exercise.
Skybus is led by GKN Aerospace with the following partners: Swanson Aviation Consultancy, Pascall+Watson and Connected Places Catapult with support from Jarek Zych of Aveo Advisory out of Poland.
