USPA NEWS - In the context of the environmental transition of air transport and the sector's economic recovery, the Île-de-France region, Groupe ADP and the RATP group share the ambition of developing an urban air mobility sector, around the vertical take-off vehicle. Also, the partners wanted to meet all the conditions to make possible the emergence of this new mode of transport complementary to the existing modes, whether they are people or goods. A full-scale test area at the Pontoise - Cormeilles-en-Vexin aerodrome Faced with the challenges posed by this new form of mobility in terms of use, acceptability, regulations, technologies and industrialization, the method chosen is a test area at the aerodrome of Pontoise - Cormeilles-en-Vexin , thus benefiting from a real and secure aeronautical environment, in a peri-urban configuration, 35 km north of Paris. In the first half of 2021, the necessary arrangements will be made, on the airside, then on the side of the boarding spaces inside the buildings (adaptations of parking areas, reception of electric charging systems, marking on the ground). Thus, from June 2021, with the support of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), and Eurocontrol..
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