Objectives

• Support the creation of a modern, low-emission regional air network that complements existing aviation

• Enable the market introduction of electric, hydrogen, and SAF-powered aircraft

• Build flexible, affordable, and accessible routes connecting communities and regions

• Create a national project pipeline of RAM routes, airfields, energy hubs, and operational models

• Provide a tool for investors, local authorities, and industry to identify viable opportunities

• De-risk early development by coordinating data, demand models, and partnerships

• Promote the evolution of airports into energy hubs using renewables, battery systems, and SMRs

• Encourage new models like Airport Energy-as-a-Service

• Support airports in becoming off-grid, resilient, and future-ready

• Represent RAM interests across government, industry, and public conversations

• Coordinate policy advocacy that supports infrastructure, regulation, and investment

• Engage devolved governments, regional mayors, and Combined Authorities

• Connect the dots between aviation, energy, digital mobility, planning, and manufacturing

• Facilitate partnerships, consortia, and supply chains that enable project delivery

• Foster a culture of tech-agnostic innovation driven by shared objectives

• Position RAM as a tool for social mobility, economic growth, and regional resilience

• Embed accessibility, equity, and multi-modal integration at the heart of the system

• Create a network that enables people to live where they want and work where they need

Turn vision into bankable opportunity by providing investors with:

• A clear project pipeline

• Transparent cost and emissions models

• Tools like the Project Development Taskfinder

• A framework for co-investment, blended finance, and commercial pilots
  NextGen will position RAM as a credible, future-proof sector worth backing—unlocking capital for infrastructure, aircraft, and energy systems.