Air transport, Di Palma: “More than 114 thousand jobs from the development of drones”

“This crisis has taught us that the country system needs more than ever a rebirth and resilience, a government action that leverages innovation and technologies for the industrial development of the sector and to consolidate Italian excellence. Estimates indicate that the global market for Advanced Air Mobility applications will reach approximately $ 55 billion by 2030, with an annual growth rate of around 18 percent over the 2021-2030 period. Our estimate of the cumulative employment impact it is around 114.7 thousand jobs “. This was indicated by the president of ENAC, Pierluigi Di Palma, talking about the occupational effects of drones, in an interview with “Infra”, the new web magazine of Atlantia dedicated to the evolution and new challenges of the world of infrastructures and mobility , online from today. Enac’s goal, explains Di Palma, is “to accompany the digital and ecological transition in the civil aviation sector through the development of intelligent and sustainable mobility solutions that exploit the third dimension, looking beyond traditional air transport and promoting a renewed economic and industrial growth of the national supply chain. The challenge must be faced in a unified manner, as a country system. We are thinking of logistics and monitoring of strategic infrastructures. In this regard, we have collaborated with some airport management companies (Adr, Sea and Save) and also with local institutional subjects who have a very important role in social acceptance and territorial planning “. Then speaking of the” maxi drones “that could arrive in Rome by 2024 and in Milan two years later,” obviously the application of the so-called air taxis is one of the objectives of our planning and necessarily requires and a progressive path that passes from the first moment in which these innovative and sustainable (electric) vehicles will see the presence on board of a pilot, up to their full automation. The challenge is based on new requirements for verticals, new operational concepts and protection in terms of cybersecurity and security, aspects that we intend to address in the shortest possible time “.