Although the first commercial air taxi services are still years away, the positioning of the leading manufacturers at the forefront of development is already underway, as evidenced by the announcement of Voloconnect in May this year.
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But they still have to contend with distractions such as noise and visual clutter. According to the region’s top aviation safety regulator, electric flying taxis could be allowed to take off in European airspace by 2024 or 2025.
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In Japan, the first air taxis could take off in 2025, in Europe a year earlier, although for the time being they can only carry luggage. The development of urban flying vehicles is at the finishing line. According to a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) official, commercial services could be launched as early as 2024, starting with autonomous baggage drones.
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Electric flying taxis could be a reality in a few years, according to Europe’s leading aviation safety authority, Bloomberg reports. According to Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), vertical take-off, piloted, commercial, baggage-carrying aircraft could be licensed first, but autonomous drones could come later.
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The first test drives of the Eviation Alice are about to start. The 9+2 seater, luxuriously designed small aircraft is powered by three electric motors and has promising parameters.
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Two companies have teamed up to spray water using drones – the smart method uses 10 litres of water per hectare, while tractors use 250. Corteva AgriScience and Brazilian company Arpac have jointly developed an efficient drone water spraying system. The new system is extremely promising, as the drone uses 10 litres of water per hectare using the spray method, compared to an average of 250 litres per hectare for a tractor.