Business started in USA and China

In short, it is an emerging sector in the United States, China and Europe as well. At the moment, its promoters still consider it too early to talk about the price of air taxi rides. "Logically, a taxi or something. They will be a little more expensive than an Uber, but that's something we can't determine yet, because it will depend on the regulations and the fees we have to pay to operate in the airspace," said Poveda.

The flight tests are being carried out with the participation of controllers from ENAIRE, a state-owned company that provides control services along the route of all flights. "The advantages of the U-Space system will allow the automation of manual processes today, as well as the improvement of response times", highlighted Catalina Madueño, the deputy representative of the Government in Jaen, after congratulating herself for the well-synchronized cooperation between public and private companies.

Demonstrations of this European project are taking place in four countries. In Spain, it is the Atlas de Villacarrillo center that hosts the Herrera aerodrome tests, in a privileged environment, its location, weather and topography making it an ideal airspace for the development of experimental flights with airplanes and unmanned airships. Its facilities have a dedicated airspace reserve of more than 1,000 square kilometers, which makes it an ideal center for R&D activities with this type of aircraft and platform. Francisco Miralles is happy that aeronautical technology has put the municipality on the map, which can be proud of being the world's leading producer of olive oil.

The runway is 600 meters long, although it can be extended to 1,500 meters thanks to the agreement with the neighboring Beas de Segura Municipality that the Cornicabral aerodrome is used for the experimentation and testing of unmanned air platforms or drones.