The September 2024 Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Symposium organised by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal was for the world’s aviation regulatory community a landmark event. For years, aviation regulators have struggled to agree on whether AAM is a revolution or an evolution of the current aviation system. For some, the introduction of escalating levels of autonomy, electric or hydrogen propulsion and digitisation will require a complete overhaul of the regulatory system and the flight rules which underpin every aircraft operation. For others, these are merely evolutions of the current system, requiring adaption rather than complete re-writes of the rules..

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