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Britain’s first-ever flying taxi has completed its first journey as the government backs plans to introduce the service by 2028. The prototype VX4 electric aircraft is the first of its kind to ...

BRITAIN'S first ever flying taxi has taken to the skies in a successful flight over the Cotswolds. The electric aircraft has room for four passengers, can reach speeds of 150mph and can take of ...

The UK's first flying taxi has taken one step closer to becoming reality as it conducted its first real-world flight. The electric aircraft, capable of carrying four passengers plus the pilot ...

Arabic. French. A new air taxi simulator has arrived in the United Arab Emirates as preparations advance for a dozen initial flying taxi routes across the country. Aircraft testing, pilot training ...

but Vertical Aerospace’s flight is the first time a flying taxi has performed a journey in open airspace in Europe. The start-up previously carried out a hover test of its aircraft in January.

The flying taxi concept brings to mind Hollywood’s science fiction — “The Jetsons” and their flying cars set in 2062 and “Minority Report” and its police-carrying surveillance drones ...

Saemi Poelma eagerly posed for a photo Tuesday inside a model autonomous air taxi, impressed by the possibility of a new way of traveling without a human pilot. “This is something that we all ...

The trials of the UAE’s first flying taxi will begin in Al Ain in a few months ahead of the roll-out of the full service at the end of this year, a senior official said on Monday. “The trial ...

I was among the first to see United and Archer's new futuristic air taxi, Midnight. The "Jetsons"-like transport is planned to shuttle people between Manhattan and nearby airports. Midnight is a ...