European drone industry groups want five million routine commercial drone flights a day beyond the pilot's line of sight by 2030, Infodron reports. Spain's association Ecuas Drones backs the proposal, which the Joint European Drone Associations (JEDA) will take to EU institutions at the European Drone Summit 2026 in Brussels on 9 and 10 November.
The proposal comes from JEDA, the Alliance for New Mobility Europe, Drone Alliance Europe and the Global UTM Association. They want the review of the EU's 2022 Drone Strategy 2.0 to bring more commercial operations and faster authorisations rather than more regulation, and want the sector's progress measured by the number of flights, the time needed to start new services and the ability to operate in several member states.
The groups also ask for wider recognition of equivalent authorisations between countries, better coordination between authorities, progress on electronic conspicuity and the roll-out of U-space, Europe's digital drone traffic management system.
