British-Irish Airports EXPO Partners 2020
British-Irish Airports EXPO Partners 2020
British-Irish Airports EXPO Partners 2020

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The Regional & Business Airports Group (RABA)-partnered conference at British-Irish Airports EXPO, 22 June 2022, ExCeL London

The Resurgence of Regional Airports: Preparing for the Huge Market Potential of Advanced Air Mobility


Darrell Swanson

Wednesday 22nd June 2022 - Day 1


| Wednesday 22nd June 10:00 - 11:30

Opening Keynote Session: Building Back Up

22 June 2022, Tony Ryan Stage, ExCeL London

Chair:

Swanson Aviation Consultancy; Board Member
Darrell Swanson

Swanson Aviation Consultancy; Board Member
British Aviation Group


Opening Keynote from Regional & Business Airports Group

Chair
Neil Pakey

Chair
Regional and Business Airports Group (RABA)


“Responsible for planning, development, construction, IT and technology at Gatwick Airport, Laurier will explain the airport’s broader investment programme, which it is now building back up post-COVID, and will also brief delegates on the consultation on its Northern Runway plans.”

Chief Technical Officer
Cédric Laurier

Chief Technical Officer
Gatwick Airport


Opening Keynote from Chair of the Heathrow Recovery Forum

former Home Secretary, Chair Heathrow Recovery Forum
Lord David Blunkett

former Home Secretary, Chair Heathrow Recovery Forum
Chair easyJet Special Assistance Advisory Group



| Wednesday 22nd June 13:00 - 14:30

RABA-partnered conference at British-Irish Airports EXPO 22 June 2022, Tony Ryan Stage, ExCeL London; in association with British Aviation Group

The Resurgence of Regional Airports: Preparing for the Huge Market Potential of Advanced Air Mobility

Conference Chair:

Swanson Aviation Consultancy; Board Member
Darrell Swanson

Swanson Aviation Consultancy; Board Member
British Aviation Group


The airport economics of electric aviation:

Exactly how “huge” are the forecasts for this new aviation market, and what worldwide standards are needed to build the airport infrastructure?


Part 1:

“The fixed wing electric regional aviation market of 200-500km routes is going to happen very soon, and much faster, than Urban Air Mobility.”

What is the basis of the argument that there are more small airports closer to passengers’ origins and destinations, than large airports – even those with great surface access? Which are the 20 UK domestic routes which UKRI is evaluating? (Demand for aircraft, power, infrastructure; and the hoped-for carbon emission savings). What are the top 150 routes – and how would the 40 RABA airports feature?


Swanson Aviation Consultancy; Board Member
Darrell Swanson

Swanson Aviation Consultancy; Board Member
British Aviation Group

Partner/Co-Founder
Jarek Zych

Partner/Co-Founder
EAMaven


Part 2:

Developing a worldwide standard to build the airport infrastructure for advanced air mobility

The reveal of the draft “Advanced Air Mobility Infrastructure Reference Manual”.


Presenters:

Swanson Aviation Consultancy; Board Member
Darrell Swanson

Swanson Aviation Consultancy; Board Member
British Aviation Group

Aviation Director
Tim Morrison

Aviation Director
WSP


Keynote:

The British-designed 18-seat Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft (BEHA) will “connect smaller, regional airfields across the UK and beyond”


Backgrounder:

Initially produced in hybrid electric/turbine configuration the Bio Electric Hybrid Aircraft (BEHA M1H) will be engineered for evolution into a fully electric net zero commercial aircraft (when power generation technology delivers the power density levels required). The planned deliveries of 300 BEHAs 2026-30 includes 75 units in a quick-change passenger/cargo variant, “deployed at general aviation airfields globally”, a further 50 as pure freighters, and others for firefighting, border protection etc.


Founder and CEO
Neil Cloughley

Founder and CEO
Faradair



| Wednesday 22nd June 15:00 - 16:30

The new airport operators and new infrastructure needs

Ferrovial, a significant global infrastructure investor, developer and operator with experience in over 30 airports worldwide including London Heathrow, plans to build 25 sustainable vertiports across the UK. Where will these facilities be? What will they be like? What are the predicted routes they will provide, and how will these integrate with the existing regional and major airports (such as Heathrow)?


Managing Director, UK & EMEA
Brad Miller

Managing Director, UK & EMEA
Ferrovial Vertiports


Backgrounder:

Ferrovial’s October 2021 announcement comprised an agreement with Vertical Aerospace, developer of the five-seat VA-X4 zero-emissions aircraft. Virgin Atlantic has options for 150 VA-X4’s for the purposes of “establishing short haul, electric aircraft connectivity between UK cities and airport hubs starting with London Heathrow, Manchester and London Gatwick.” Simultaneously Heathrow, a unit of Ferrovial, announced it is collaborating with Vertical Aerospace to explore the launch of its services from the airport from the mid-2020s. Other VA-X4 orders and options for 1,350 units worth $5.4bn have come from American Airlines, JAL, Bristow Group, Gol, Marubeni and Iberojet.

A €4 billion market by 2030? What is Skyports’ design-build-own-operate model for the provision of a network of vertiports for air taxi and cargo drone operations?


CEO
Duncan Walker

CEO
Skyports


Advanced Air Mobility – keeping it quiet

The presentation will take a closer look at the challenges and identify key gaps that are unlikely to be filled before the first AAM ports open and the new AAM aircraft are operating in urban environments. The presentation concludes by identifying recommendations for how Governments and Regulators can seek to minimise the impacts of the gaps to ensure that the coming air revolution does not falter before it begins.


Principal Consultant
Nick Boud

Principal Consultant
Think Research


Thursday 23rd June - Day 2


| Thursday 23rd June 10:30 - 11:00

Regional And Business Airports Group (RABA): Day 2 Opening Keynote Session

10:30-11:00, 23 June 2022, Concorde Stage, ExCeL London

Keynote address:

 
Robert Courts MP

 
Aviation Minister


Regional And Business Airports Group (RABA) address:

Chair
Neil Pakey

Chair
Regional and Business Airports Group (RABA)


EXPO host Heathrow address:

Chief of Staff & Carbon
Nigel Milton

Chief of Staff & Carbon
Heathrow Airport


British Aviation Group address:

Chair
Jason Fowler

Chair
British Aviation Group


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