air taxi
noun
: a small commercial airplane used for short flights between localities not served by scheduled airlines
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Last year, the company also bought around 300 battery, flight control and propeller patents from now-defunct air taxi maker Lilium.
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 29 May 2026
AutoFlight has completed a heterogeneous three-aircraft formation flight with the V5000 Matrix, a 5-metric-ton electric aircraft that could push eVTOL technology well beyond the urban air taxi niche.
—Omar Kardoudi
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2026
At stake is the first-mover advantage in an electric air taxi market that could eventually include autonomous aircraft.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Companies backed by aviation giants, carmakers and major investors are developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, autonomous air taxis and road-legal vehicles that can lift into the air.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 29 May 2026
AutoFlight has completed a heterogeneous three-aircraft formation flight with the V5000 Matrix, a 5-metric-ton electric aircraft that could push eVTOL technology well beyond the urban air taxi niche.
—Omar Kardoudi
may 27, New Atlas, 27 May 2026
At stake is the first-mover advantage in an electric air taxi market that could eventually include autonomous aircraft.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Companies backed by aviation giants, carmakers and major investors are developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, autonomous air taxis and road-legal vehicles that can lift into the air.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
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“Air taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20taxi. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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