“Joby Leads eVTOL Industry with Dubai Flights, Prepares for Commercial Flights Next Year”

Joby Avi­a­tion announced this week an his­toric mile­stone, as its eVTOL suc­cess­ful­ly com­plet­ed a series of pilot­ed flights in Dubai, mark­ing the start of com­mer­cial mar­ket pre­pared­ness in the region, reports a press release. 

A first for the eVTOL indus­try, this will fur­ther devel­op Joby’s readi­ness in antic­i­pa­tion of car­ry­ing its first pas­sen­gers next year. This mile­stone also marks a sig­nif­i­cant step in Joby’s three-pronged com­mer­cial­i­sa­tion strat­e­gy:- 

: Direct oper­a­tions 

: Air­craft sales 

: Region­al part­ner­ships 

JoeBen Bevirt, Founder and CEO of Joby, com­ment­ed, “The Unit­ed Arab Emi­rates is a launch­pad for a glob­al rev­o­lu­tion in how we trav­el. In addi­tion to con­struct­ing a per­for­mant air­craft, we’ve also been matur­ing our pro­gram for antic­i­pat­ed pas­sen­ger ser­vice with glob­al oper­a­tional capa­bil­i­ties and scal­able, durable man­u­fac­tur­ing.”

He con­tin­ued, “Our flights and oper­a­tional foot­print in Dubai are a mon­u­men­tal step toward weav­ing air taxi ser­vices into the fab­ric of dai­ly life world­wide, where clean flight is the new nor­mal.”

Excel­len­cy Mat­tar Al Tay­er

His Excel­len­cy Mat­tar Al Tay­er, Direc­tor Gen­er­al, Chair­man of the Board of Exec­u­tive Direc­tors of the Roads and Trans­port Author­i­ty – Dubai, wit­nessed the inau­gur­al test flights in Dubai.

He remarked, “The flight tri­al under­scores Dubai’s com­mit­ment to keep­ing pace with rapid glob­al trans­for­ma­tions and devel­op­ing future-ready solu­tions to emerg­ing mobil­i­ty challenges.The air taxi will intro­duce a new pre­mi­um ser­vice for res­i­dents and vis­i­tors seek­ing smooth, fast, and safe trav­el to key des­ti­na­tions across the city.” 

Al Tay­er con­tin­ued, “The ser­vice will also strength­en inte­gra­tion with pub­lic trans­port sys­tems and indi­vid­ual mobil­i­ty options such as e‑scooters and bicy­cles, enabling seam­less mul­ti­modal trav­el and enhanced con­nec­tiv­i­ty across Dubai, ensur­ing a smooth and con­ve­nient expe­ri­ence for all pas­sen­gers.”

The release states, “The achieve­ment was made pos­si­ble by Joby’s col­lab­o­ra­tion with Dubai’s Roads and Trans­port Author­i­ty (RTA), the Dubai Civ­il Avi­a­tion Author­i­ty (DCAA), and the UAE’s Gen­er­al Civ­il Avi­a­tion Author­i­ty (GCAA). Build­ing on the land­mark 2024 agree­ment with the RTA that grant­ed Joby exclu­sive rights to oper­ate air taxis in Dubai for six years, it posi­tions Joby at the fore­front of shap­ing the future of trans­porta­tion and rein­forces the UAE’s role as a leader in advanced air mobil­i­ty.”

Joby plans to intro­duce its com­mer­cial ser­vice at Dubai Inter­na­tion­al Air­port (DXB), Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Mari­na and Dubai Down­town, with vertiport con­struc­tion already under­way. 

The DXB to Palm Jumeirah trip, for exam­ple, is expect­ed to take only 12 min­utes, cut­ting a 45-minute car ride down to a frac­tion of the time. Joby’s air­craft is designed to trans­port a pilot and four pas­sen­gers at speeds of up to 200 mph, with min­i­mal noise and zero oper­at­ing emis­sions. It offers faster, qui­eter and more con­ve­nient air trav­el for short com­mutes, quick trips and seam­less mobil­i­ty across the region. 

With more than 40,000 miles of flight test­ing, suc­cess­ful pilot­ed tran­si­tion flights, and proven mul­ti-air­craft oper­a­tions, Joby con­tin­ues to move clos­er to its vision of mak­ing clean, qui­et and fast air trav­el an every­day real­i­ty.

For more infor­ma­tion

www.jobyaviation.com

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