It is logical to think that if in a few years or decades people will travel primarily by air rather than by road, then public transport, which carries a large part of the traffic in big cities, will be over our heads. The fact that, unlike air taxis, the development of air buses has not yet started is mainly due to technical obstacles, but the first swallows are already on the scene.
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Jun
Jun
The city of Coventry, England, will start testing flying taxis and parcel delivery drones later this year. The £1.2 million project could help create the country’s first “urban airways.” The government has set up a central station from which test flights will be made to various locations in the city of 400,000 people. The task will be managed from the ground by a company called Urban-Air Port.
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Jun
Jun
Although we have seen several prototypes of flying taxis over the past 1-2 years, experts have now come up with a model that can travel longer distances. The latest invention from Volocopter can now be used for longer distances. The self-driving vehicle, called Voloconnect, is a fixed-wing flying taxi designed to connect suburbs and city centres.
22
May
May
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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May
May
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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Apr
Apr
The German company Lilium and its air taxi may already be well known to those involved in the future of aeronautical vehicles. The company has recently unveiled a brand new eVTOL design and announced that they are going public.