9-11 APRIL 2019 | CHANGI EXHIBITION CENTRE, SINGAPORE DAILY NEWS Day Three 11 April 2019 HIGHLIGHTS Exhibition 10:00am-5:30pm Close to 100 participating companies from 23 countries gather to showcase a vast spectrum of cutting-edge and innovative solutions in rotorcraft and unmanned technologies. Future of Urban Mobility Showcase Photo: author Head over to the Future of Urban Mobility Showcase to check out the latest eVTOL Singapore to have world’s developments by Volocopter, Airbus UAM and Lockheed first urban air taxi service? Martin. Volocopter provided further details tourists visit annually. These figures that each two-seat multicopter can about its ambitions for Singapore suggest there could be demand for an carry only one passenger. Later, the What’s Next on Rotorcraft Asia 2019’s opening air taxi service. pilot will be taken out and the service day. Indeed, the establishment of a Reuter explained that Singapore is will become truly autonomous. Start-Up Showcase viable commercial air taxi network an ideal location to pioneer a service Future routes would use the CBD as Meet the next generation of in the city-state is the company’s in Asia, as the city has an efficient and a hub, with potential destinations innovators powering the way highest priority. collaborative government, an excellent being Batam, Changi, Jurong, Seletar, forward, as the brightest A third-generation example of partner network, and 4,200 regional Sentosa and Tuas. The aim is to start-ups pitch showcase a Volocopter will be shipped to businesses have headquarters here. seamlessly connect air taxi services solutions for the future of Singapore ‘within weeks’ ahead of Tan Chun Wei, deputy director of with existing transport nodes. vertical lift. trials somewhere in the south of the transformation programmes at the Soo Soon Teong of ST Engineering island, scheduled for Q3 of this year. Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said his company, the world’s second- Thereafter, public flight tests are (CAAS), admitted many challenges largest MRO provider, is cooperating expected to occur by year’s end. exist, such as safety and noise. with Volocopter. ST Engineering The Rotorcraft Asia Show Daily is Florian Reuter, CEO of Volocopter, The CAAS is in the process of shaping could help maintain any future published by Shephard Media in said Singapore ‘has all the elements policies and regulations, and collecting Volocopter fleet too. association with Experia Events. needed for urban air mobility’. and sharing data with entities such And the cost? Reuter believes in the Printed by Xpress Print, Singapore. Cooperation with Singapore was as EASA. long run it will be similar to a regular © Shephard Media 2019 officially announced last October, Issues such as deconflicting taxi. Initially, however, the service will Editor: Helen Haxell Reporting by: Gordon Arthur, and the company opened an office airspace, and establishing digital be more expensive. Richard Thomas here in January 2019. ‘We intend and physical infrastructure, also need While the idea of being able to hail Production: David Hurst, to work together to provide the to be resolved. an air taxi via a smartphone app is Sirli Manitski first commercial service,’ Reuter The Initial flights will take place with appealing for some, there are emphasised. certified pilots at the controls. While numerous naysayers who question Singapore taxis provide one this enhances safety, or at least the whether such a service is viable. million rides per day, and 17.4 million public perception of it, it does mean By Gordon Arthur SHEPHARDMEDIA.COM RCA-19_day_3.indd 1 10/04/2019 17:14:36 WE DELIVER on what you value the most. 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Bucher’s major market is Europe, EMS is starting to take off in China, but it believes Asia has the greatest and Rolf Kraus, director of sales and potential for growth. However, for places programmes at Bucher, told the like China there are type certificates and Rotorcraft Asia Show Daily that seven supplemental type certificates that need H135 helicopters outfitted with its to be obtained, and this can be a medical equipment have been lengthy process. China has certified delivered to a Qingdao-based Bucher’s H135 medical equipment, consortium to date. but the process for the H145 has not With 100 aircraft under contract via yet begun. All of Bucher’s equipment is modular, loading/unloading patients. While a a 2016 framework agreement, this Bucher has deliberately focused on allowing helicopters to be rapidly single stretcher is the most common exemplifies the scale of opportunities supplying medical interiors for only reconfigured within minutes for configuration aboard EMS helicopters, that exist in the Chinese market. The Airbus platforms, with the European mountain rescue, hospital transfer or both the H135 and H145 can carry up first HEMS aircraft was handed over OEM being seen as the market leader primary rescue missions, for example. to two patients. There is also a roof- last September. in the HEMS field. Bucher offers The Swiss company highlights that its mounted rail system to which a With China setting up a final equipment for both the H135 and H145 equipment is lightweight, integrated, ventilator can be attached. assembly facility for 95 of these aircraft. customised, efficient and safe. Bucher can fit emergency equipment H135s, Bucher will install its medical Currently the latter model is slightly Bucher makes all the installations, aboard helicopters either directly on the equipment directly onto these more popular as an air ambulance including roll-in modular stretchers and Airbus production line, or it can go to a helicopters on that Qingdao line. platform since it offers more space and even a side-loading stretcher. The roll-in client’s facility anywhere in the world to Kraus noted that government flexibility, although in Asia it is the H135 stretcher means that medical personnel retrofit equipment. backing is critical for the creation that is more common. do not need to strain themselves By Gordon Arthur Helicopter ops aid fight on world hunger necessities. Wasim Samara, Currently, Madagascar has five UAE regional aviation safety officer at aircraft to deliver palleted shipments. WE DELIVER on what you value the most. For over a century, the WFP, told the Rotorcraft Asia More than 56% of operations by customers have relied on StandardAero to provide best-in-class rotary wing Show Daily: ‘We are here in the the WFP use UN agencies. When support with excellent operational efficiency and innovative custom MRO region to present at the show the undertaking missions, the UN solutions. We’ve significantly expanded our industry-leading helicopter support noble cause of saving lives and to Department of Security and Safety capabilities to include new turboshaft engines and new airframes on civil & work with operators.’ and the UN Refugee Agency can be Rotary-wing aircraft were called on. These operate aircraft for military rotary wing aircraft – capabilities that are backed by certified technicians www.standardaero.com/heli introduced into the fleet in combating hunger and offering and experienced aerospace professionals who have a passion for delivering award- [email protected] 2008. 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Humanitarian Air Service transported ground to understand what logistics Airframes Avionics With more than 90 aircraft The WFP is a part of the UN and more than 327,000 passengers and are needed. Helicopters help it • Airbus AS350/EC130 series & flying on its global operations, the one specific area it manages is the undertook well over 3,000 airdrops achieve its mission by reaching areas AS332/H225 Super Puma STCs Visit us at World Food Programme (WFP) is Humanitarian Air Service, active in over remote and trouble-stricken that fixed-wing aircraft cannot.