{"id":115463,"date":"2021-10-26T15:54:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T13:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=115463"},"modified":"2022-09-16T12:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T10:02:45","slug":"urban-blue-aeroports-nice-vertiports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/urban-blue-aeroports-nice-vertiports","title":{"rendered":"Urban Blue: four airports, including Nice, set to conquer vertiports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Urban Blue<\/strong> is the name of the new company unveiled on 26 October<\/strong> by four airports<\/strong>including a leading French platform. Nice airport<\/strong> has joined forces with its counterparts in Rome, Venice <\/strong>and Bologna<\/strong> to speed up the vertiports<\/strong>from design to construction and management. These home ports for eVTOL<\/strong> - these vertical take-off electric vehicles - will be deployed not only in Urban Blue's founding cities, but also in other parts of the world... Those in charge of the project are opening the door to \" to other geographical areas...<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Urban Blue<\/strong> is the name of the new company unveiled on 26 October<\/strong> by four airports<\/strong>including a leading French platform. Nice airport<\/strong> has joined forces with its counterparts in Rome, Venice <\/strong>and Bologna<\/strong> to speed up the vertiports<\/strong>from design to construction and management. These home ports for eVTOL<\/strong> - these vertical take-off electric vehicles - will be deployed not only in Urban Blue's founding cities, but also in other parts of the world... Those in charge of the project are opening the door to \" to other geographical areas of interest<\/em> \". Indeed, this Urban Aerial Mobility (UAM) can be more or less suitable depending on the urban fabric, mild weather conditions and a flat or coastal environment constituting a favourable terrain.<\/p>\n

From this point of view Nice<\/strong> <\/a>appears to be an ideal candidate, as the airport's Managing Director points out: \" As an airport operator located in a landlocked area, between the sea and the mountains, in the heart of urban and industrial areas, the A\u00e9roports de la C\u00f4te d'Azur Group is anticipating the spread of this new form of mobility in the short term. This is why participating in the creation and development of Urban Blue is not only part of our strategy, but also of our convictions in terms of sustainable mobility.<\/em> \"points out Franck Goldnadel.<\/p>\n

Take-off in 2024: \"an ambitious deadline, but possible\".<\/h3>\n

The founders of Urban Blue intend to make rapid progress on the vertiports project, since the start of operations at Rome<\/strong>, Nice<\/strong> and Venice<\/strong> is planned for 2024<\/strong>. This confidence is based in particular on the skills of the players involved in the master planning and management of infrastructures for commercial aviation and helicopters. In addition, their participation in various working groups relating to urban air mobility (MAU) at Italian and European level should give them the necessary expertise. Moreover, according to the information communicated on Tuesday, Urban Blue already has \" a portfolio of vertiport projects with strong development potential, already identified in specific geographical reference areas<\/em> \"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For the time being, as the people in charge of the project have announced, \" Urban Blue will carry out technical and economic feasibility studies and draw up master plans, in coordination with all the stakeholders in the new ecosystem, to prepare for the authorisation phase, followed by the construction and management of the vertiports.<\/em> \".<\/p>\n