Common global rules needed ahead of ‘flying taxi’ boom, UK regulator says (archive.ph)

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Sir Stephen Hillier, chair of the Civil Aviation Authority, said the travel industry is at an “inflection point” and needs global co-operation ahead of the “widespread” adoption of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) designed to carry passengers on short trips.

His comments come after UK airspace struggled to cope with conventional passenger jets during a summer of delays compounded by the failure of the country’s air traffic control system over the August bank holiday, which grounded hundreds of aircraft and delayed thousands of passengers.

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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Flying taxi? So like helicopters?

[-] ojmcelderry@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

I was envisioning something more like this.

A London black cab, flying above the London skyline, with purple dragon wings

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