Autonomous air taxi service Volocopter just had its first test flight in Dubai. The giant drone-like vehicle has two seats, 18 propellers, and is powered by nine batteries. This allows it to have ...

The technology will debut as early as this year in Dubai before eventually rolling out in the U.S. Joby Aviation, an all-electric air taxi company, is partnering with Uber and Delta to make travel ...

The General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has approved plans to turn a helipad at Abu Dhabi’s Cruise Terminal into a hybrid ...

Dubai hopes to have driverless taxi drones flying through its skies as soon as this summer. Its transport authorities plan to have the Chinese-made Ehang 184 ferry individual passengers around the ...

Amira El-Fekki is a Newsweek reporter based in Dubai. Her focus is reporting on ... aims to deploy an initial fleet and introduce air taxi services to the city. Abu Dhabi seeks to be the first ...

The United Arab Emirates has initiated a groundbreaking project to map air corridors and establish regulatory frameworks for piloted and autonomous air taxis and cargo drones. This ambitious ...

In Dubai and Abu Dhabi, full-fledged air taxi services is heading for early 2026 launch The future of air mobility for shorter trips is coming. The Archer 'Midnight' eVTOL aircraft and from Joby ...

In January this year, unauthorised drones in Dubai’s airspace temporarily halted air traffic for 55 minutes. Following the incident, the UAE’s aviation watchdog General Civil Aviation ...

LODD, an Abu Dhabi-based AI-powered drone technology and autonomous ... of an initial four planned across Dubai, paving the way for the launch of air taxi services with aircraft partner Joby ...

In Dubai, the RTA has an agreement with Joby Aviation, which is also into all-electric aircraft. The plan is to launch air taxi services in the emirate by early 2026. “If the air taxi operations ...