The futuristic taxis will cut journey times by up to 80% (Image: Archer Aviation)
The world’s first flying taxi service is set to launch in Abu Dhabi next year, with a US-based aircraft company securing over £1 billion towards the innovative transport system.
By the end of 2025, visitors to the United Arab Emirates capital could be able to travel around the city in a fleet of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircrafts.
Four passengers would be able to fit in each vehicle, which would fly between “vertiports” around Abu Dhabi - in a move estimated to cut journey times by up to 80% - and could travel at speeds of 150 mph.
Journeys between the city’s airport and Emirates palace could be shaved down to between 5 and 8 minutes - a drastic improvement on the 45-minute car ride currently on offer. READ MORE...
By the end of 2025, visitors to the United Arab Emirates capital could be able to travel around the city in a fleet of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircrafts.
Four passengers would be able to fit in each vehicle, which would fly between “vertiports” around Abu Dhabi - in a move estimated to cut journey times by up to 80% - and could travel at speeds of 150 mph.
Journeys between the city’s airport and Emirates palace could be shaved down to between 5 and 8 minutes - a drastic improvement on the 45-minute car ride currently on offer. READ MORE...
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