Firms in talks for flying taxi services

Air taxi developer and operator Joby Aviation and infrastructure development firm Skyports are in talks with other emirates to launch flying taxi services across the country, officials said.

- Waheed Abbas

“We want to launch (air taxis) across all of the UAE. Our ambition is to be everywhere. The Ras Al Khaimah agreement has been signed. We would love to be in Abu Dhabi. We would love to be in Sharjah and Ajman to serve the commuters. A lot of these discussions are happening, and they’re at different stages of maturity. Some are quite mature; others are still early. We're having discussions with most of the emirates,” Anthony Khoury, UAE general manager, Joby Aviation, told Khaleej Times in an