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UK start-up Urban-Air Port to open 200 flying taxi hubs globally over five years

Published 24 January 2022
By David Mullen
Urban-Air Port, a start-up specialising in infrastructure for “future air mobility” plans to open 200 flying taxi and cargo drone hubs globally.
Zhao Deli flying motorcycle from China

Chinese drone engineer shows off flying motorbike

Flying cars from exciting tech start-ups may be the new hot thing for billionaire investors, but put a humble engineer in a shed...
Published 27 July 2018
Would you use this new autonomous flying taxi from Audi and Airbus?

Would you use the new Audi autonomous flying taxi?

Ask weary travellers to name the worst aspect of international travel and it’s likely they will highlight the time-consuming business of getting...
Published 19 March 2018
Entrepreneur develops flying taxi to ferry passengers across London

Entrepreneur develops flying taxi for London

A British entrepreneur is developing a drone capable of transporting commuters from central London to Heathrow airport in 12 minutes.
Published 16 January 2018
You can now buy a Nissan X-Trail with its own drone

The Nissan X-Trail now comes with a drone

Nissan has launched an option pack for the X-Trail SUV that includes a drone, allowing customers to capture aerial footage...
Published 10 May 2017
Scorpion-3 hoverbike takes off for extreme commute

Video: Hoverbike takes off for extreme commute

Watch a Star Wars-style hoverbike being tested successfully in Russia.
Published 01 March 2017