Articles tagged “air taxis”

Online Travel

American Airlines Backs Vertical Aerospace Electric Planes: Travel Startup Funding This Week

The American Airlines investment in Vertical Aerospace marks the aviation industry's broad support of more than a dozen startups building air taxis. But be skeptical of the hype that small, electric-powered aircraft will be in the skies anytime soon.

Sean O'Neill, Skift | 3 years ago

Airlines

Air Taxi Makers Backed by United and Boeing Start Legal Dogfight

Dozens of companies are attempting to build air taxis, and this dispute between Archer and Wisk over patents and intellectual property won't be the last.

Tracy Rucinski, Reuters | 3 years ago

Airline Weekly

Air Taxi Companies Sued Over Intellectual Property: What’s Behind the Lawsuit

3 years ago

Online Travel

Air Taxi Startup Joby May Go Public by Merging With a Blank Check Company

Joby Aviation, a startup that's building an electric aircraft capable of making vertical takeoffs and landings inside cities, may seek to go public soon. If it does so by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, it will copy similar moves by helicopter taxi service Blade and Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic.

Anirban Sen and Joshua Franklin, Reuters | 3 years ago