(IN SHORT) ANA Holdings and Joby Aviation are forming a joint venture to launch electric air taxi services in Japan, aiming to operate over 100 eVTOL aircraft in a phased national rollout beginning in Tokyo. Public demonstration flights of ANA-branded Joby aircraft will take place at Expo 2025 Osaka from October 1–13. Joby’s five-seat, zero-emission… Read the full news article
The companies, who announced a partnership in Feb. 2022 to establish aerial ridesharing in Japan, plan to operate demonstration electric air taxi flights in and around the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan site in 2025. Joby’s quiet, all-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft is designed to carry four passengers and a pilot at speeds of… Read the full news article
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, 2018-Mar-15 — /Travel PR News/ — South Island testing of autonomous air travel is being welcomed by Christchurch Airport. California-based company Kitty Hawk, operating as Zephyr Airworks in New Zealand, has revealed it’s testing the world’s first self-piloted and electric air taxi. The airport company has been in discussions with the American company… Read the full news article