homeWelcome, sign in or click here to subscribe.login
     


 

 

Business


Subscriber content preview

January 9, 2025

Flying taxis are on the horizon as aviation soars into a new frontier

  • Pioneers of the new aircraft hope people will be able to hop in an air taxi within the next few years.
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    Photo via Joby Aviation [enlarge]
    A Joby air taxi takes a test flight over Marina, California, last year. Flying taxis have made enough inroads with the FAA to result in the recent creation of a new aircraft category called “powered lift.”

    SAN FRANCISCO — When he was still a boy making long, tedious trips between his school and his woodsy home in the mountains during the 1980s, JoeBen Bevirt began fantasizing about flying cars that could whisk him to his destination in a matter of minutes.


     
    . . .


    To read this story in full login or purchase a subscription.



    
    Email or user name:
    Password:
     
    Forgot password? Click here.