
What do you call an airport for flying taxis? A vertiport. And this week, we took a step closer to the option of catching a flying taxi. UK company Urban-Air Port opened the world’s first vertiport this week in a partnership with the Supernal, the Urban Air Mobility division of Hyundai. The vertiport is called Air-One and is poised to meet the future demand for autonomous drones and electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) passenger vehicles. To be clear, the vertiport is a pop-up demonstration that provides a taste into the experience of a dedicated departure and arrival facility specifically for electric and…
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