air taxis

A NASA illustration depicts the idea of a future air taxi hovering over a municipal vertiport. [Rendering: NASA/Lillian Gipson and Kyle Jenkins]

Drones, Air Taxis & More: Texas A&M-Fort Worth Tapped for Federal Advanced Aviation Research Center Lab

by | Apr 24, 2025
The federal research laboratory slated for Texas A&M-Fort Worth will be focused on innovative aviation technologies—including drones, air taxis, and supersonic and hypersonic aircraft.
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Southwest Airlines To Develop Plans for Electric ‘Air Taxi’ Networks
by | Jul 12, 2024
The partnership with California-based Archer Aviation could lead to electric air taxi networks at 14 Golden State airports served by Southwest. Archer’s Midnight eVTOL aircraft can zip four passengers up to 60 miles away at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour—as drivers stuck in traffic below stare jealously at the sky.
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The Last Word: DFW Airport’s Paul Puopolo on Offering Air Taxi Services by Early 2026
by | Mar 18, 2024
Puopolo told Cities Today that leaders at DFW Airport have "identified a location and are developing our strategy" for moving air taxis forward—and upward—in the region. 
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Joby, NASA Simulation Demonstrates Up To 120 DFW Air Taxi Operations Per Hour
by | Dec 21, 2023
During simulations at NASA’s FutureFlight Central, air taxi operations were simulated buzzing around the busy, complex Dallas-Fort Worth airspace. Joby and NASA's goal: evaluating how this next-gen traffic can be integrated into today’s airspace using existing air traffic control tools and procedures.
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Red Oak’s Qarbon Aerospace Partners with Hyundai Subsidiary on Electric Air Taxi Project

by | Jun 20, 2023
Supernal, a Washington, D.C.-based air taxi unit of Hyundai Motor Group, will use Qarbon's thermoplastic induction welding tech for its six-rotor air taxis. The air taxis are designed to carry up to four passengers with a pilot operating the controls, for quick trips within cities as soon as 2028.
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aviation
Wings of Innovation: Aviation and Aerospace in North Texas Fly to a High-Tech Future
by | Nov 13, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth has been at the forefront of aviation innovation in manufacturing, airports, and airlines. What's next? Vertical takeoff air taxis buzzing over North Texas.
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5 Dallas Architecture Firms Unveil Futuristic Uber Skyport Designs
by | Jun 12, 2019
Dallas is one of three cities that will be test markets for the air taxi program planned by Uber Elevate to begin in 2023.
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mobility innovation zone
Mobility Innovation Zone: AllianceTexas Developer Announces Plans for the Future
by | Jun 11, 2019
Dallas-based Hillwood plans to turn its vast acreage in Fort Worth and Denton County into a place called the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone. There, new transportation technologies can be developed and deployed—from autonomous cars and trucks to high-flying drones and air taxis. 
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propulsion

Bell to Collaborate with French Company Safran on Air Taxi

by | Jun 20, 2018
The companies will work on developing hybrid electric propulsion solutions for the vertical take-off and landing concept aircraft.
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