EPATS - European Personal Air Transportation System STUDY
Overview
Background & policy context:
The EPATS (European Personal Air Transportation System) focused on the future Highly Customer Oriented and Time, and Cost Efficient Air Transport System. It set out to fill a niche between Surface and Scheduled Air Transport.
Future mobility cannot be satisfied only through investments in hub and spoke, or rail - and highway systems. This future EPATS system set out to provide a wide choice of transportation mode - and the wider use of small aircraft, served by small airports, to create access to more communities in less time.
Objectives:
The goal of EPATS was to demonstrate the needs and potential of small aircraft business development and to propose recommendations for the introduction of this new European Air Transportation System in the context of the European Research Areas.
The EPATS study addressed the following issues:
- The potential new market for personal aviation up to 2020.
- The potential impact of this new way of transport on the European ATM, and airport infrastructures, as well as the environmental, safety and security issues involved.
- The EPATS general specification and R&D Roadmap.
The studies were carried out by a Consortium supported by representative experts of the EPATS stakeholder community.
Methodology:
The SSA EPATS STUDY project consisted of 6 Work Packages, and 19 deliverables. Some deliverables consisted of 'sub-deliverables'. Apart from the project management (WP6), the project was structured in the following WPs:
- WP1 - European Business & Personal Aviation Data Base;
- WP2 - Market potential of personal aviation;
- WP3 - Impact on European ATM, Airport Infrastructure and General Requirements;
- WP4 - Missions Specifications for EPATS Aircrafts;
- WP5 - Recommendations for Framework Program and Roadmap.
The deliverables of the studies were rapports containing a joint vision of the personal air transportation system in Europe to 2020 and proposals for developing this new small aircraft business at a European level. The EPATS SSA proposal fit in the framework of FP6-2002-Aero-2 'Thematic cal l in the area of Aeronautics Specific Support Actions', especially: 'Developing an EU research strategy in the sector' and 'Promoting SME participation'.
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