Pilotless air taxi gains approval to start commercial flight operations in two large cities of China

Good news!

China is pushing the envelope! While President Trump uses the old fashioned and crude cudgel of trade tariffs to gain an advantage for the US.

"Tickets for autonomous flights over two tourist spots in China [Guangzhou and Hefei] should go on sale shortly. China's civil aviation authority has given the green light for urban air mobility outfit EHang to begin low-altitude commercial operations with its EH216-S eVTOL. ..."

Pilotless air taxi gains approval to start commercial flight operations

The pilotless EH216-S eVTOL can carry two paying customers per sight-seeing trip above the city port of Guangzhou

The rise of China's low-altitude economy of drones and helicopters

Recommendable! Is China trying to take the lead?

Utah’s empty parking lots could see future drone, air taxi takeoffs

Turning city parking lots into airports! Why driving when you can fly!

"The Utah Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division has issued its Legislature-requested report on “advanced air mobility,” which gives a rough outline for the rollout of “vertiports” across the state.

“Vertiports” are vertical take-off and landing facilities. The report presents data from the Wasatch Front Regional Council on underutilized parking lots, including those at large shopping centers that could be repurposed for vertiports “simply by rearranging paint and lighting.” ..."

Utah sketches out a plan for skies filling with drones and air taxis A state “advanced air mobility” study says the lots could become “vertiports” for drones and air taxis.

Flugtaxi: Singapur empfängt Volocopter mit offenen Armen

Good news! Singapur geht voran! Weniger Verkehrsstaus, mehr gute Panorama Aussichten, kürzere Reisezeiten usw.! Bislang waren Helicopter Flüge vorbehalten für die, die es sich leisten konnten, wie z.B. in Manhattan.

Wann werden fliegende Autos erschwinglich?

Flugtaxi: Singapur empfängt Volocopter mit offenen Armen Schon in drei Jahren will Volocopter mit seinen Flugtaxis Gäste durch Singapur fliegen. Ab 2026 soll es ein ganzes Streckennetz geben. Das Start-up verhandelt auch mit weiteren Städten.