พฤติกรรมความตั้งใจที่จะเดินทางด้วยอากาศยานซึ่งไม่มีนักบิน: กรณีศึกษาในเขตกรุงเทพมหานครและปริมณฑล

Chartchai Charoensook

Authors

Chartchai Charoensook Civil Aviation Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Keywords:

Behavior of travel, Unmanned Aircraft travelling, Unmanned Aircraft

Abstract

The objective of this research studied the behavior of willingness to travel by a Fully Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft: a study of Bangkok and metropolitan region. The sample consisted of 600 participants selected through cluster sampling. The analysis using inferential statistics aims to analyze the intention behaviors of travel by UAs with 2 scenarios: traveling for work, and traveling for other purposes. The findings indicate that most respondents tend to prefer this mode of transportation for commuting to work. They were willing to travel together with others and pay a fare of 26-30 baht per kilometer for all travel purposes, as shared travel can help reduce overall transportation costs. The comparison and relationship between personal factors and travel behavior according to the travel purposes of the sample group showed that, in general, there were no significant difference and they are correlated significant relationship at the .05 level. This may be attributed to the awareness of new technologies, benefits to be gained, safety, willingness, and satisfaction that will be used in the future to meet the demand and willingness of new travel mode by an Unmanned Aircraft.

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