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Recent Examples of air taxi
Fresh on the heels of a $500 million investment announcement from Toyota, Joby Aviation on Thursday unveiled a prototype of its electric air taxi in the middle of Grand Central Station, drawing crowds of onlookers, equally puzzled and amazed.
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Eve is one of a dozen startups working on emission-free air taxis and has landed a few clients despite the stiff competition.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
There is less than a year now before these theories are put to the test as the Archer Midnight air taxi starts commercial services in Abu Dhabi.
—James Morris, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Before becoming administrator, Whitaker served as the FAA's deputy administrator during the Obama administration and later worked in the private sector as an executive for an air taxi company.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Eve is one of a dozen startups working on emission-free air taxis and has landed a few clients despite the stiff competition.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 July 2024
There is less than a year now before these theories are put to the test as the Archer Midnight air taxi starts commercial services in Abu Dhabi.
—James Morris, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Before becoming administrator, Whitaker served as the FAA's deputy administrator during the Obama administration and later worked in the private sector as an executive for an air taxi company.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for air taxi
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On Capitol Hill Thursday morning, Mr. Trump suggested Congress should fund a completely new air traffic control system, in the wake of last week's Black Hawk helicopter-commercial plane midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport that killed 67.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Getty Images The remains of all 67 people who died in a midair collision last week between an American Airlines plane and an Army Black Hawk helicopter have been recovered, officials said.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2025
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These types of experiments in partial gravity can be done on parabolic airplane flights, but those only provide a few seconds of the right conditions to simulate the Moon's gravity.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
7 Feb. 2025
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Science: Dark Age: Flight is unlocked with Combustion, but +50% Production cost for all airplanes.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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The line, however, is beginning to blur as people who vacation on yachts begin to view cruise liners through a charter lens.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Robb Report,
4 Feb. 2025
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Most recently, her lip shape liners have the Internet buzzing.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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From Belize City, a short, 15-minute flight on small aircraft from local carriers Tropic Air or Maya Island Air connect travelers to San Pedro Airport (SPR).—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Feb. 2025
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The aircraft in the collision were not invisible to radar.—
Matthew L. Wald,
The New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2025
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Wednesday’s crash is not the first monumental collision with a domestic airliner and a military plane.—
Mike Stunson,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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Everything Trump Has Said About the Fatal Passenger Jet and Army Helicopter Crash Officials have said that the Army helicopter, which was conducting a routine training flight, collided with the commercial airliner on its approach to Washington’s Reagan National Airport.—
Nik Popli,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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That means a whole new generation of supersonic transports that will not only cater to the privileged few but the public at large.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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While supersonic transport remains on the drawing board, passenger-friendly Project Sunrise may indeed help transcend time and distance.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes,
29 Oct. 2024
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When told a small plane flown by a South Vietnamese fighter pilot with his wife and 5-year-old son requested to land, Chambers ignored orders and told his crew to push helicopters off his ship to clear room for the plane.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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China has increasingly sent armed coast guard ships to the waters near the Philippines to reinforce its territorial claims with law enforcement patrols, ramming maneuvers, and water cannons, as well as the use of high-power lasers against Philippine vessels.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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That means the rocket plane will fly to space just one more time, taking four customers into suborbital space to experience a few minutes of microgravity before coming back to land on a runway.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2024
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The company flew its SpaceShipTwo rocket plane to the edge of space six times in six months, giving a few Virgin Galactic customers a taste of spaceflight after waiting more than a decade.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
1 Mar. 2024
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“Air taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/air%20taxi. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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