PARIS VOUS AIME MAGAZINE - “Flying taxis” from dream to reality

"Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing aircrafts (eVTOLS) - also known as "flying taxis" - are no longer something from the movies but a reality." (Paris Vous Aime Jan/feb/mar/2023)

This article, published in Paris Vous Aime Magazine, focuses on the development of electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs), also known as "flying taxis." The article highlights the recent opening of the first "vertiport" to accommodate eVTOLs at the Pontoise-Cormeil-en-Vexins test airfield in the Paris region. A collaboration between Groupe ADP and British startup Skyports has unveiled a small modular passenger terminal for testing passenger flights. This is an important milestone after the German manufacturer Volocopter carried out more than 20 test flights during his year-long experiments in Pontoise. Groupe ADP, RATP and the Ile-de-France region are working together to build five new vertiports by 2024...