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Port San Antonio’s vision to create an air taxi hub of the future is gaining momentum with the help of a Boeing company based in Austin.
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Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
These figures position the platform for regional travel, heavy logistics, and emergency response missions that exceed typical urban air taxi distances.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
Joby Aviation Operating a reliable air taxi service is a demanding proposition that will require Joby’s aircraft, charging infrastructure, and scheduling software to perform safely and reliably day in and day out.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2025
The company notes it's carried out some 1,000 flight tests since 2021 for various versions of its its six-rotor eVTOL air taxi, which uses a unique blend of different VTOL concepts in its propulsion system.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2025
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Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2026
These figures position the platform for regional travel, heavy logistics, and emergency response missions that exceed typical urban air taxi distances.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Feb. 2026
Joby Aviation Operating a reliable air taxi service is a demanding proposition that will require Joby’s aircraft, charging infrastructure, and scheduling software to perform safely and reliably day in and day out.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2025
The company notes it's carried out some 1,000 flight tests since 2021 for various versions of its its six-rotor eVTOL air taxi, which uses a unique blend of different VTOL concepts in its propulsion system.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 6 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air taxi
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In the early nineteen-fifties, three planes crashed in her home town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, in a span of about two months.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
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Sean Miller’s Longhorns survive and will hop on a plane to fly 2,250 miles to Portland.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Steve Davis, chief scientist at the Everglades Foundation, took a Miami Herald reporter in a small airplane over the wetlands last week.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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In 1952, John Madigan covered the first presidential campaign that used airplanes to move around the country.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Blush, liquid liner, powder and more available.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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If a new handbag or pair of shoes from your favorite designer brand isn’t currently in the cards, purchasing a smooth lip liner or shimmery eye shadow is a small way to treat yourself.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
18 Mar. 2026
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All six crew members of a KC-135 Air Force refueling aircraft were killed last week in a plane crash over friendly territory in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran.—
DARLENE SUPERVILLE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
19 Mar. 2026
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These systems will provide rapid-response protection against incoming threats such as anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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The latest victim, Todd Inman, was the NTSB’s on-site representative for the investigation of the midair collision of a civilian airliner and Army helicopter that killed 67 people over the Potomac River in Washington 14 months ago.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Mar. 2026
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The airliner is set to unveil its next luxe lounge at New York’s JFK airport later this year.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
6 Mar. 2026
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In the 1960s, the federal government also poured resources into developing a supersonic transport plane.—
Made by History,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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Although supersonic passenger aircraft found a niche from the 1970s through the early 2000s with the Concorde, commercial supersonic transport is no longer available for the mainstream consumer marketplace today.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
9 Feb. 2025
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Underscoring the danger to ships in the region, a vessel was set ablaze Thursday off the United Arab Emirates' coast, and another was damaged off Qatar.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
20 Mar. 2026
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The ship will allow France to maintain its naval aviation capabilities without relying on foreign bases, ensuring operational freedom from the Mediterranean to the Indo-Pacific.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Mar. 2026
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Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video) Going to SXSW 2025?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Air taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20taxi. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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