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Advanced Air Mobility: Important Briefing Information for Local Authorities
On 5th December 2024, SASIG and the LGA hosted a webinar for Local Authorities across the UK, designed to provide an introduction to the fledgling industry.
The presentations from that Webinar can be downloaded here.
Each of the individual presentations can also be accessed separately below
Commercial Operative Perspective
Mike Hibberd, UAS Safety Manager, Texo
Droneports and Vertiport – Design and Development
David Tooth, Managing Director, Gebler Tooth
Michael Thornton, Heathrow Strategic Planning Group
Chris Cain, Policy Director, Strategic Aviation Special Interest Group
Preparing Regional/City or Local AAM Plans
Theo Panayi, Associate Technical Director, Arcadis and Jason Buckland, Director, Air & Land Mobility (Transportation) and Social Infrastructure, Arcadis
Social and Community Perspectives
Fern Elsdon-Baker, Professor of Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society University of Birmingham
Darryl Swanson, Partner and Co-Founder, EA Maven
SASIG Questionnaire on Local Authority Preparedness and Attitudes to Advanced Mobility
To help frame the agenda for engagement with Government policy makers, regulators, the industry, communities and wider stakeholder interests, SASIG is also undertaking a survey of Local Authority preparedness and attitudes towards Advanced Air Mobilities. It can be found via the link below and we should be grateful if you could complete it on behalf of your authority; more than one submission from an individual authority is both permissible and welcome. Copies of the results will be forwarded to all authorities who complete the survey.
National Infrastructure Report on Freight April 2019
The April 2019 ‘National Infrastructure Commission report on Better Delivery: the Challenge for Freight’ can be seen here.
General Aviation Safety Review
Updated: UK approach to recreational general aviation safety: An independent review (CAP1886 – published 23 October 2020) can be seen here.
COVID-19 Impact on Aviation Paper
An Arcadis/RDC article titled: ‘COVID-19 Impact on Aviation Overview’ may be seen here.
DfT Paper: Decarbonising Transport
A document just published by the DfT titled: “Decarbonising Transport: Setting the Challenge” can be seen here.
Letter Regarding Climate Change
A letter from Committee on Climate Change Chairman, Lord Deben, to the Secretary of State for Transport, Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, about net-zero and the approach to international aviation and shipping emission (IAS) can be read here.
SASIG 20th Anniversary Event at House of Commons
On 10th July 2019, SASIG celebrated its 20th Anniversary with an event at the House of Commons. The Press Release can be read here.
Westminster Forum
On 30th April 2019, the SASIG Chairman was one of the guest speakers at the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum Seminar: Priorities for the UK Aviation Strategy – infrastructure, innovation and global connectivity. A note of his speech and presentation can be seen here.
ACI Europe report: February 2019
The ACI Europe airport traffic report for February 2019 showing that average passenger traffic rose by 5% compared to the same month last year may be seen here.