Planning Regional-Scale Multimodal Operations for Innovative Air Mobility Services

PRIAMs vision is that, within the next decade, regional-scale IAM services will be part of the European MaaS ecosystem, helping address regional connectivity challenges. Decisions on IAM will be supported by digital twins, powered by mobility data spaces and AI tools.

IAM services will create sustainable value for aviation, while improving passenger experience, boosting capacity, enhancing efficiency and minimising environmental impacts.

The general objective of PRIAM is to develop a data analytics and modelling toolset that supports a passenger-centric integration of IAM into multimodal regional transport networks across Europe.

The PRIAM Solution will help understand passenger needs for regional travel, anticipate IAM adoption and use patterns, plan resilient IAM infrastructure networks that are seamlessly connected with other transport modes and optimise IAM service performance taking advantage of multimodal data sharing and passenger information systems.

The specific objectives of PRIAM are (i) define an impact assessment framework for regional IAM services that evaluates how different IAM vehicular concepts and business models address regional connectivity challenges and passenger needs; (ii) develop and validate a concept outline for PRIAM, consisting in a data analytics and modelling SESAR Solution for planning the integration of IAM infrastructure and services into regional multimodal transport networks; (iii) evaluate the capabilities of PRIAM through a set of case studies in European regions that show how the PRIAM Solution can help IAM regional-scale services improve passenger experience, capacity, environmental sustainability, and operational and cost efficiency; and (iv) derive a set of recommendations for the implementation of regional IAM services, based on a cost-benefit analysis that anticipates the impacts of a large-scale deployment of IAM services across Europe.