First Air Taxi Service will Launch in Dubai in 2026: The City Plans to Build Four Vertiports to Support Joby's Passenger eVTOLs
Abstract
Ten years ago, ride-sharing giant Uber embraced a scifi future in which clean, quiet electric aircraft would shuttle passengers around crowded cities. Uber's well-funded Elevate initiative, which included a white paper and three high-profile annual summits, effectively launched the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) industry, promising investors, regulators, and the general public that these futuristic flying taxis were “closer than you think.”
Fields of Study & Subjects
Air Traffic Management and Optimization
Advanced Aircraft Design and Technologies
Transportation and Mobility Innovations
Publication details
- Journal / source
- IEEE Spectrum
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 47–48
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026