VIDEO: Vertiport network in Dubai could be operational from as early as 2026 after design plans approved

Plans to build a ver­ti­port net­work in the city were approved by His High­ness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak­toum, Vice-Pres­i­dent and Prime Min­is­ter of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

The design was agreed as he attend­ed day zero of this year’s World Gov­ern­ment Sum­mit. The announce­ment sees Dubai become the world’s first city with a ful­ly devel­oped net­work of ver­ti­ports.

Dubai’s Roads and Trans­port Author­i­ty has been work­ing with Sky­ports Infra­struc­ture and Joby Avi­a­tion to design and devel­op the ver­ti­port net­work. It would con­nect four main areas of the city: near Dubai Inter­na­tion­al Air­port, Down­town Dubai, Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Mari­na.