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

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

Last year, Archer bought control of Hawthorne Municipal Airport for $126 million to build a hub for electric air taxis and test advanced aviation technology. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026

Joby Aviation air taxi Joby Aviation has developed one of the most mature electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft in the industry. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for air taxi

• epitaxy
• maxi
• waxy