Flying taxis to appear in Dubai’s skies in near future

Dubai plans to have flying cars in its skies as soon as 2026, Euronews writes.

Unlike airplanes and helicopters, these electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles offer quick point-to-point personal travel, at least in principle.

They typically look like a gigantic helicopter with drone wings and propellers and could one day ferry passengers over congested urban roads, offering a new form of short-distance air travel within cities.

“We imagine the airspace as being like a street today,” said Ali Ahmad Al Blooshi, an aviation expert at Dubai Civil Aviation.