The US air taxi market is heating up: the aviation industry giant Airbus , will be one of the companies that will operate the air travel service on demand in 2019 in the skies of the United States, reports FastCompany. Airbus’ Voom on-demand helicopter shuttle service will be installed in the US starting this fall, having served exclusively in Latin America.
Uber announced its own Uber Copter service earlier this month, which will provide service from Manhattan to JFK Airport starting in July, and Blade also offers similar service between New York City and its three area airports, as well as routes. of the Bay Area air transportation. Airbus’ Voom will also expand to Asia in 2019, the company confirmed to FastCompany, and intends to cover 25 cities around the world by 2025 with an anticipated passenger volume of two million people per year.
All of these companies view their helicopter service as an entry point for planned shifts using the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) craft. Airport shuttle services seem to be the perfect use case for these early stages of air taxi services, as they greatly reduce travel times at peak times, and also cater to customers who are likely to be travelers. frequent and can afford or afford the ~ 200 trips.
