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Joby Aviation has leased 45,000 square feet at Hillwood’s Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport. The hub marks the first significant eVTOL aircraft company presence in Texas and will support future electric air taxi operations across Dallas-Fort Worth. [Photo: Joby Aviation]
Air Taxi Business Joby Aviation Establishes New Base at Perot Field
by Sandra Engelland | Aug 11, 2026
The California-based company’s 45,000-square-foot lease at Alliance Air Trade Center in Haslet is the first significant North Texas presence for the electric air taxi maker. Joby says it will test flights across Dallas-Fort Worth in September under the Federal Aviation Administration’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program.
![An MK30 drone on a landing pad. Amazon began commercial drone service with the MK30 in College Station, Texas, and the Phoenix metro area in November 2024. [Photo: Amazon]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Amazon-MK30-drone-360x203.jpg)
by Quincy Preston |
Apr 23, 2026
CRE platform BLDUP reported the $25 million West Dallas filing on April 17. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy calls Prime Air's drone delivery effort "a multi-year invention cycle," with test flights from the new paddock possible as early as August.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 8, 2026
A Boeing 777 is huge. Just one 777 can carry President Trump, all 435 U.S. Congresspeople, all 100 U.S. senators, and the Supreme Court—with room to spare. But a new version from Fort Worth-based Mammoth Freighters can barely carry a mayor. Instead, the 777-200LRMF offers a clean sweep fore and aft—ready to transport over 100 metric tons of cargo worldwide.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 1, 2024
Wing and Zipline have partnered with Walmart to offer drone deliveries for "up to 75%" of DFW residents, along with providing services for other area businesses. Now the two innovators have received the first-ever FAA approval to operate drones beyond line of sight in the same shared airspace using new UAS traffic management technology (UTM).
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Overair's Butterfly eVTOL [Photo: Overair]
The Last Word: DFW Airport’s Paul Puopolo on Offering Air Taxi Services by Early 2026
by David Seeley | 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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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 8, 2024
When Ross Perot Jr. and Mike Berry were in their mid-20s, they set out to defy skeptics and fast-track a first-of-its-kind industrial airport in North Fort Worth. Today, AllianceTexas stands as a 27,000-acre global nexus fueled by that same trailblazing spirit—and public-private collaboration on a grand scale.
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by David Seeley |
May 31, 2023
Dallas-based Ameriflight plans to operate the Matternet M2 drone for commercial delivery—focusing on health care and e-commerce deliveries to customers in dense urban and suburban environments across the country. The approval will enable what Ameriflight calls "the first fully operational, large-scale drone operation in the United States."
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 6, 2022
Alan Rusinowitz has been named president and chief operating officer of Ameriflight, the “nation’s largest Part 135 Cargo airline.”
The airline flies about 30 tons of cargo daily, and says it’s a critical part of the UPS, FedEx, and DHL supply chains, according to its website....
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A Flytrex delivery drone over Granbury, southwest of Fort Worth. [Photo: Flytrex]
Flytrex and Brinker Are About to Drop Wings by Drone Into DFW Back Yards
by David Seeley | Mar 29, 2022
Yariv Bash, co-founder of Israel's SpaceIL, was part of the team behind the 2019 Beresheet moon mission. Now, as co-founder and CEO of Flytrex, he's partnering with Dallas-based Brinker International on drone deliveries of chicken wings to Dallas-Fort Worth back yards and businesses.
The launch begins today in Granbury, 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth, with potential plans to expand to "a suburb east of Dallas" as Flytrex' footprint grows.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 1, 2022
Yariv Bash, co-founder of Israel's SpaceIL, was part of the team behind the 2019 Beresheet moon mission. Now, as co-founder and CEO of Flytrex, he has a new mission: Drone-delivering restaurant meals and groceries to Dallas-Fort Worth back yards.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 24, 2018
The Caddo Mills company expects an FAA Office of Commercial Space Travel launch license determination by Feb. 14, which would allow it to launch at Spaceport America.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Aug 21, 2017
Pending FAA approval, the Caddo Mills company could send the first SARGE rocket into space by the fourth quarter.
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