Revolutionizing the Skies: Flying Taxis, Airbus, and Unmanned Aides Take Flight.

The aviation industry is preparing to launch electric flying taxis, with Paris planning for a small fleet to operate on multiple routes during the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. German company Volocopter could be the first to fly taxis commercially if European regulators give their OK. However, the limited power of battery technology restricts the range and number of paying passengers they can carry, so eVTOL hops are likely to be short and not cheap at the outset. Manufacturers of eVTOLs aim to unfurl fleets in cities and on more niche routes for luxury passengers, but they need technological leaps so flying taxis don’t crash into each other and all the other things already congesting the skies or expected to take to them in very large numbers.