Tech

Aviation in 2030: Fuel-guzzling supersonic planes or electric air taxis?

Enlarge / Joby Aviation’s electric aircraft takes off for a test flight. (credit: Joby Aviation) Over the last two days, two companies have outlined radically different—yet oddly familiar—visions for the future of air travel. One idea is built around a buzzing network of small, electrically powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft ferrying commuters in […]

Business

Former Airbus chief joins board of flying taxi startup

Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Thomas Enders, a former chief executive of aviation giant Airbus, is joining the board of a fledgling flying taxi company. Enders’s appointment is a coup for Lilium, a Munich-based company that has pioneered the use […]

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Airport Intended for’Jetsons’-Such as flying Automobiles

The state ’s regional hub for”flying automobiles ” is being assembled in central Florida and after finished in five decades, the vehicles are going to have the ability to carry passengers from Orlando to Tampa within a half hour, officials said Wednesday. The Tavistock Development Corp. stated it had been building a Jetsons-like aviation center […]