EASA Offers Rules for Urban Drones
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published rules for safe drone operations in European cities that it says will balance “the desire to maximise the commercial and convenience benefits of drones against the need to ensure the safety and privacy of citizens and the potential environmental impact on our cities.”
EASA said, in announcing the publication in early April, that finding ways to safely integrate drones into city airspace is challenging because that space already is heavily used by other air traffic and because city residents typically are concerned about noise, privacy and the possibility that low-level drone flights could cause accidents and injuries.
“We are already starting to see an increasing number of complex flights undertaken by drones in various experiments across the globe,” EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky said. “Also, as everyone is aware, many companies have commercial ambitions to…
