Air traffic is to be converted to alternative propulsion concepts (electric aircraft/hydrogen). For this purpose, a network of autonomously flying electric taxis (Lilium Aviation) is to be created, which can cover flight routes of up to 2 hours and up to 500 km. These should relieve the burden on railways, motorways and scheduled traffic. The German government will provide the legal framework for this by 2022 in concert with EASA and the European partners. This aims to reduce aircraft movements in air traffic at airports and have emission-free and noise-reduced electric taxis fly centrally to destinations in cities. The federal government will support development of the necessary infrastructure.
If only 20 per cent of traffic in densely populated areas is transferred to the air and the roads are electric and networked between vehicles, then congestion should finally be reduced without further expansion of the road infrastructure and concreting over areas.