17 civil aviation authorities in Asia-Pacific, including China and Japan, are planning to create a framework for safety rules and standards to regulate air taxi and drone operations.
The aim is to develop a set of regulatory reference materials by 2025 that each country can adapt and adopt to govern the emerging air taxi and drone sectors.
“Regulators need to keep pace with technology to reap the full benefits of ensuring security, as well as public and aviation safety,” Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore director-general Han Kok Juan says. “This is not something that any one regulator can do.”
The civil aviation authorities agreed that the two priority areas for drones are technical guidance and personnel training.
As for air taxis, the authorities agreed on six priority areas, including certification, collaboration between a country’s national agencies, and public education to promote this new form of air transport.
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