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Flying taxis in Dubai will start their services on this date

 The American start-up company Joby Aviation, which is responsible for the flying taxi project in Dubai, announced that it aims to start its services in the emirate by 2025, according to Bloomberg.


Bonnie Simi, head of operations at Joby, revealed that the launch may be achieved by 2025, and explained that work in Dubai is progressing more than in other cities and that the company will be able to launch flying taxi services in Dubai first, even before the United States.


She added that the Dubai government provided economic support, and the organizers allocated special resources to Joby, with the aim of facilitating the removal of as many obstacles as possible to the company’s progress as quickly as possible and with the utmost safety, and she stressed that the support will be useful in reducing the financial risks that we may face during the launch of the service. Primary.



Joby had signed an agreement with the Emirate of Dubai for a period of 6 years to operate flying electric taxi services, in addition to commercial services, by the beginning of 2026, and the company will build 4 airstrips for flying electric vehicles in the emirate.


It is noteworthy that Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum attended the signing ceremony of the agreement to launch the air taxi service in Dubai by 2026, during the activities of the World Government Summit, making Dubai the first city in the world to provide electric air taxi services.



It is noteworthy that Joby has obtained the necessary approvals from the US Federal Aviation Administration, and is seeking to build 4 vertical airstrips in the Emirate of Dubai for electric vehicles to take off and land vertically.

The flying taxi project includes 4 airstrips distributed at Dubai International Airport, the artificial Palm Island, the city marina, and downtown Dubai, close to Burj Khalifa.

Gobi will operate exclusively within Dubai, while another competing airline called Archer Aviation will operate flights between Abu Dhabi and Dubai and across all parts of the United Arab Emirates, where Archer has signed an initial agreement with the Abu Dhabi government, with the aim of launching a flying taxi service by 2026.


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