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Dubai will launch its first air taxi service by 2026 in the UAE

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This footage was filmed and produced 14 February 2024.

Dubai aims to have air taxis in the city in the next two years that are expected to reduce travel time significantly, as the emirate seeks to reduce urban traffic congestion.
UK-based Skyports Infrastructure has signed an agreement with Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority and all-electric aircraft company Joby Aviation to launch passenger air taxi services in the emirate by 2026.
Under the agreement, the authority will oversee the air mobility services, with Joby given the exclusive right to operate air taxis in Dubai for six years.
Skyports was granted exclusive rights to design, construct and operate a network of vertiports - launch and landing areas for the air taxis.
With the agreement, Dubai will become the first location in the world with a commercial, citywide electric air taxi service, Skyports said on Sunday.
Flights between Skyports’ vertiports are expected to reduce journey times significantly, the company said.

This footage illustrates the air taxi prototype at WGS 2024 in Dubai.

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