Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Aviation Trends, Air Traffic Control and Drone Activity: Discussion
1:30 pm
Mr. Philip Hughes:
The eVTOL drones would be the first I would think of in some places. I know they did some work in São Paolo, Brazil, where they are building eVTOLs to avoid traffic. That is already there. There are already medical deliveries going around the ring roads in certain cities in Europe, delivering organs and special medicines, because it is quicker to do it than drive in a taxi or car or something like that. It is already starting. Like I said, the Manna Drone thing, where they will be operating drones in Helsinki which are controlled in Ireland, is a sign of a step forward.
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