Joby Aviation CEO JoeBen Bevirt and Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian pose with models of their aircraft.To travelers who are sick of getting stuck in traffic driving to the airport, Delta Air Lines and Joby Aviation are offering an enticing vision: how about flying directly from downtown to the Delta terminal in 10 minutes via an electric air taxi?
They plan to offer a premium service operated by Joby, initially in New York City and Los Angeles from existing heliports, that Delta passengers will be able to book seamlessly via the airline’s app and website when purchasing a plane ticket. They’re billing it as a “home-to-seat” offering, with the first leg of the journey likely to be by car, eventually to one of the “vertiports” Joby aims to set up throughout densely populated urban areas.
It will save passengers an “enormous amount of time and distraction, as well as energy in getting on to their journey,” he said. It also represents a welcome infusion of fresh capital as Joby faces up to huge costs. Not only must the company develop manufacturing facilities capable of producing hundreds of aircraft a year, it also has to build the infrastructure for the air taxi services it plans to operate itself.
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