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May 09, 2018

Airborne 05.09.18: Uber VTOL Air Taxi, SWA Update, OSH18!

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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is showing off a model of the company's concept for a VTOL flying taxi it hopes to have in revenue service in two years. Khosrowshahi said that the concept is to "create the network around those vehicles so that regular people can take these taxis in the air for longer distances when they want to avoid traffic at affordable prices." Uber chief product officer Jeff Holden said that the program is intended to be "community friendly". The aircraft will initially be piloted, but would eventually be autonomous and carry up to four passengers in an effort to reduce costs through ride-sharing. Uber says that for the program to be p

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