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Recent Examples of air taxi
That means it could get certified by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) as an ultralight aircraft by the end of this year, thereby accelerating Volocopter’s long-running efforts to get the VoloCity air taxi to market.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
Joby Aviation kickstarts nationwide eVTOL tour The Joby air taxi is piloted, though the company eventually aims to automate its flight services.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
McCaffrey said the service would likely be focused in dense urban environments like the Bay Area, New York, or Los Angeles – the latter of which selected Archer to be the official air taxi provider for the 2028 Olympics.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
Officials say the projects will explore possible uses for the aircraft, including urban air taxi services, short regional passenger flights, cargo delivery, emergency medical transport, autonomous flight technology and transportation for offshore and energy operations.
—Octavia Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
Joby Aviation kickstarts nationwide eVTOL tour The Joby air taxi is piloted, though the company eventually aims to automate its flight services.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 23 Mar. 2026
McCaffrey said the service would likely be focused in dense urban environments like the Bay Area, New York, or Los Angeles – the latter of which selected Archer to be the official air taxi provider for the 2028 Olympics.
—Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2026
Officials say the projects will explore possible uses for the aircraft, including urban air taxi services, short regional passenger flights, cargo delivery, emergency medical transport, autonomous flight technology and transportation for offshore and energy operations.
—Octavia Johnson, Houston Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air taxi
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Karissa Waddick King Charles and Queen Camilla hopped off the plane at Joint Base Andrews Monday to party in the USA.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Regulars know that cachet’s the least-compelling aspect of taking a plane of your own; convenience and comfort are much more important.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
28 Apr. 2026
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According to public health officials, at least two former passengers are quarantining at home in Georgia; three in California, where a fourth person, who was not a passenger but was exposed to an ill passenger aboard an airplane, is also in quarantine.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Customers dine beneath hanging model airplanes and can watch planes take off and land through floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the airport tarmac.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 May 2026
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The Rays tacked on an insurance run in the eighth on an RBI triple by Simpson, arguably the fastest player in MLB who would have had an inside the park home run had Wilyer Abreu not ranged over to cut off his liner down the right-field line.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2026
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The ship, small by cruise liner standards, travels to the Antarctic.—
Helen Branswell,
STAT,
7 May 2026
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They were transferred on two medical aircrafts and have since landed in the Netherlands for treatment, Oceanwide said.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Separately, the Netherlands’ health institute said that three people showing symptoms after coming into contact with an infected person aboard an aircraft have been tested for the Andes variant of hantavirus, with two tests coming back negative and a third still pending.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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Boeing has been retrofitting 747s originally built for a now-defunct Russian airliner.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Fortune,
2 May 2026
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Kodak inventing digital cameras but opting to prioritize its dominant film business; and the persistent joint venture funding of the Concord supersonic airliner despite strong evidence that the project wouldn’t become commercially viable.—
Kumar Rakesh Ranjan,
The Conversation,
27 Apr. 2026
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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 will sail toward the Canary Islands off the coast of Spain.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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Hundreds of commercial ships remain stuck in the Persian Gulf as the conflict disrupts global oil and gas supplies, pushing fuel prices higher.—
Adam Schreck,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Virgin decided to move on to the Delta-class program after completing 12 flights to the edge of space—above 80 km or 50 miles, as defined by the US government—with the previous-generation VSS Unity rocket plane.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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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 12 May. 2026.
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