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Recent Examples of air taxi
Topline Uber will offer helicopter and seaplane rides on its app next year, the company said, partnering with Joby Aviation—a month after the vertical aviation company purchased air taxi service Blade for $125 million.
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Last month, Blade's passenger business was acquired by Joby Aviation, an electric air taxi company that aims to eventually operate rideshare-style electric aircraft.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
For years, Joby has been battling it out with competitors to bring air taxi solutions to market.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
The company also laid off 27 workers at its Fremont facility in the Bay Area, and a single employee at the company’s Mojave facility, where a demonstration flight test of Supernal’s electric air taxi technology had been scheduled to take place later this year.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Last month, Blade's passenger business was acquired by Joby Aviation, an electric air taxi company that aims to eventually operate rideshare-style electric aircraft.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2025
For years, Joby has been battling it out with competitors to bring air taxi solutions to market.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
The company also laid off 27 workers at its Fremont facility in the Bay Area, and a single employee at the company’s Mojave facility, where a demonstration flight test of Supernal’s electric air taxi technology had been scheduled to take place later this year.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air taxi
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Among the dead are believed to be the three crew members on the UPS plane and a still unknown number on the ground.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Shaggy, the reggae and dancehall artist, has been personally coordinating food, water, and medicine dispersal to those in need using a network of private planes.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
7 Nov. 2025
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One Coy Hill release even had a special cork made to contain the volcanic whiskey within, which was bottled between 143 and 155 proof—that’s certifiable hazmat, as any whiskey over 140 proof (70 percent ABV) is deemed unsafe to bring onboard an airplane.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
9 Nov. 2025
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The length hits just below the butt, which is ideal for cozying up in a chilly airplane cabin or after a sweaty hot yoga session.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
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Raw meat was stored on an unapproved liner in the meat case.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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The Hungarian hard-liner spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2022 and attended the NATO summit in Washington in 2024 but was never received at the White House by former President Joe Biden.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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All three nuclear powers have established their own nuclear triad, consisting of ICBMs, submarines armed with ballistic missiles and nuclear-capable aircraft, which ensure their forces can survive a first strike and retaliate, thereby deterring a nuclear attack.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Officials say the aircraft can strike drug labs, clandestine airstrips, and vessels linked to trafficking networks.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
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The aircraft was described by the FAA as a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, a trijet wide-body airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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Both the helicopter and airliner crashed into the Potomac River.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the 1960s, the federal government also poured resources into developing a supersonic transport plane.—
Made by History,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Feb. 2025
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The ship returned to PortMiami as scheduled Saturday morning, according to Carnival chief communications officer Chris Chiames.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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In short, Australia is developing an autonomous underwater surveillance network using local technology and ship platforms to monitor its northern approaches more effectively.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video) Going to SXSW 2025?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Air taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20taxi. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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