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Flying Taxis To Fly in Four locations In Dubai | |
| Sumita Pawar |
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai confirmed he has approved the design of air taxi stations in the city and the location of stations planned for the initial phase of operations.
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According to the report, Dubai Air Taxis will initially fly from four locations which include, DXB airport, Downtown, Palm Jumeirah, Marina and Dubai air taxi plan.
Flying taxis will have a theoretical top speed of 300kmph and will be able to fly 241km.
Sheikh Mohammed took to social media to break the news ahead of the World Government Summit being held in the city this week.
“Today, we approved the designs of flying taxi stations in Dubai which will operate within three years,” Sheikh Mohammed tweeted.
In a video shared by Sheikh Mohammed it says the emirate will be the first location in the world with a fully developed network of vertiports (the name given to the stations where flying taxis can take off and land), mentioned the report.
The flying taxis will have zero emissions and be able to carry four passengers and a pilot.
The RTA has partnered with international aviation experts Skyports Infrastructure and Joby Aviation to develop the air taxi plans, said the report.