air taxi

noun

: a small commercial airplane used for short flights between localities not served by scheduled airlines

Examples of air taxi in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Current battery-electric systems can only typically sustain short flights of about 100 to 200 miles, which is why they have been limited to air taxi operations by companies such as Joby and Archer. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2026

Archer Faces The Industrialization Test For Archer, the agreement represents more than the acquisition of an air taxi competitor. — Alex Krutz, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

The subsidiaries include Wisk Aero, which has been developing an autonomous eVTOL, and SkyGrid, which is developing air traffic management systems for air taxis as urban air mobility moves from test flights to commercial operations. — Phil Lebeau,meghan Reeder, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

The company operates as a rideshare program where customers can book an all-electric air taxi on an app. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for air taxi

• epitaxy
• maxi
• waxy