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Home›Freelance Editor›In pictures: the air taxis that could take off by 2025

In pictures: the air taxis that could take off by 2025

By Dane Bi
February 19, 2022
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Want to get to the office by plane? It might be on the cards sooner than you think, given how many air taxis are currently in development.

From well-known aviation experts like Airbus and Boeing to specialist manufacturers like Vertical Aerospace, flying cars are being developed all over the world.

Take a look at the prototype vehicles that could have you traveling across the country at 200 mph by the end of the decade.

Airbus

Airbus unveiled the NextGen version of its CityAirbus air taxi in 2021. Although still in development, a prototype is expected to start testing in 2023 © Airbus

VoloCity

The VoloCity air taxi

The VoloCity air taxi, seen here performing a demonstration flight over Singapore’s Marina Bay in 2019, bore only a passing resemblance to the prototype that first flew in 2011 ©Getty Images

Boeing

Boeing passenger air vehicle

Boeing’s Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) is an autonomous air taxi with a configuration that differs from the “standard”, relying on propellers that are not positioned on the wings © Boeing

Joby Aviation

Plane Joby Aviation

The Joby aircraft is expected to obtain its air carrier certification from the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States in 2022, and is expected to be in service as an air ride-sharing service by 2024 © Joby Aviation

Hoversurfing

Prototype hoversurf vehicle

In 2021, the Russian company Hoversurf tested a prototype of the vehicle it hopes to develop into an aerial taxi drone © AFP

Vertical aeronautics

Artist's impression showing Vertical's VA-X4 vehicle waiting for its next fare atop a downtown skyscraper

Artist’s impression showing Vertical’s VA-X4 vehicle waiting for its next fare atop a downtown skyscraper © Vertical Aerospace

Two of the four passenger seats in Vertical's VA-X4 cabin

Two of the four passenger seats in Vertical’s VA-X4 cabin © Vertical Aerospace

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