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http://dx.doi.org/10.12673/jant.2020.24.6.491

A Discussion on the Legal Definition and Legislation Methods of Drone Taxis  

Choi, Ja-Seong (Department of Air & Space Law, Korea Aerospace University)
Baek, Jeong-seon (Passenger Division, Incheon International Airport Corporation)
Hwang, Ho-Won (Department of Air Transportation, Transportation and Logistics, Korea Aerospace University)
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Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology / v.24, no.6, 2020 , pp. 491-499 More about this Journal
Abstract
There are policies that foster the drone industry, which either put a legal precedent on drones through the "Drone Act" or grant a delay or exemption in applying the safety measures of "the Aviation Safety Act". Yet, the definition of a drone is unclear, requiring further discussion on commercial usage. Therefore, we have studied cases domestically and abroad, and also analyzed issues with the current aviation legislation. It was found that a drone is defined as "an unmanned aircraft where a pilot is not on board, and its net weight is 150 kg or less". However, there are several issues, such as that a drone taxi requires a pilot on board, and its weight is 150 kg or more. Thus, we propose to define a drone as "an unmanned aerial vehicle (provided, that its own net weight should be 300 kg or under, or not be limited to weight) under Article 2 (3) of the "Aviation Security Act" as prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, which operates either by remote, automatically, or autonomously; or an unmanned aircraft under Article 2 (6) of the "Aviation Security Act".
Keywords
Drone taxi; eVTOL; Concept of drone taxi; Definition of drone taxi; Aircraft certification;
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