This demonstration highlighted the potential of drones to optimize medical logistics, reduce response times, and improve healthcare delivery.
Ineco reinforces its role as a key player in the transformation of European air transport through its participation in two strategic innovation projects: EUREKA and ENSURE, European initiatives that advance the safe, efficient and coordinated integration of drones and manned aircraft in today's airspace.
Both projects, promoted within the framework of the European SESAR 3 programme, represent a decisive step towards making the coexistence of new unmanned aerial systems and conventional aviation a reality, guaranteeing the highest standards of safety, efficiency and sustainability at all times.
In the EUREKA project, led by Eurocontrol, Aena and Enaire, our company participates in the development and validation of solutions for the integration of vertiports and Innovative Air Mobility (IAM) operations in real airport environments. In this context, Palma de Mallorca Airport has recently hosted a pioneering demonstration of medical transport with drone, in which a system for managing airports located in airports, integrated with U-space services, has been validated to allow the safe management of a real unmanned VTOL flight operation, without affecting conventional air traffic. This demonstration has highlighted the potential of drones to optimise medical logistics, reduce response times and improve healthcare, especially in island environments, and the feasibility of integrating these operations in airport environments.
In turn, the ENSURE project, led by Indra and Enaire with the participation of Ineco, has successfully validated, both technically and operationally, the interoperability between conventional air traffic management (ATM) systems and U-space systems for drones. The tests, carried out at Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport, have shown that it is possible to integrate drone operations in highly complex airspace, sharing information in real time and guaranteeing safe coexistence with manned aviation. This will make it possible in the future, for example, to manage runway maintenance operations with drones more efficiently and safely, reducing times and ensuring conventional operations.
Ineco's participation in both projects consolidates its role as an essential player in aerial innovation in Europe, in this case from a dual role as an expert in both U-Space service developments and ATM services. From the design of operations with new operational models to their validation in real environments, Ineco promotes the safe and efficient integration of drones with manned aviation and encourages their use in Innovative Air Mobility solutions coordinated with traditional commercial flight operations. The company has incorporated drones as a strategic tool in its projects and is a founding member of SIAM, the first national cluster dedicated to accelerating innovative air mobility. This leadership, based on the continuous improvement of standards, regulation and the development of the U-space system at national and European level, positions Ineco as one of the key references in the transformation of the European sky.
