Obstáculos no desenvolvimento da mobilidade aérea urbana

Abstract

Through the development of this article, it is intended to point the research made about the implementation of a new air modal, from the analysis of multiple component factors of the urban air mobility scenario. Therefore, evolution of aircraft will be briefly addressed, as well as the beginning of air operations within cities; the factors that influence this market and, finally, the obstacles encountered for its development, such as regulatory environment, allowed area of flight, community acceptance, aircraft projects and urban air traffic control. This article does not intend to analyze this market financially, meaning that economic related problems were not studied. Since there is not a lot of research on this topic in Brazil and in the Portuguese language, the objective of this article is to make the topic more accessible and known through an introductory and broad presentation on the main challenges in the development of urban air mobility, in addition to encouraging other more singular research on the same topic. Thereunto, the research used the deductive methodology to expose a set of specific problems, together with bibliographic and documentary procedures for greater veracity of the displayed content. From this study, it was concluded that these problems have a certain dependence on the aircrafts, which still are not finished, therefore it is not viable to solve those problems entirely. Considering the above, it is inferred that to solve most of the issues observed, it is a must to know the final design of the aircraft, which remain unsolved due to the specific requirements of their batteries to meet operational needs.