Delta invests in air taxi startup Joby to enable home-to-airport flights:
Flying taxi startup Joby Aviation just landed a deal that could make your ride to the airport much more enjoyable. Delta is investing a total of up to $200 million in Joby in exchange for a home-to-airport flight service. Instead of hailing a car or paying for parking, you can have an eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft take you to the terminal without the usual traffic hassles.
The service will initially be available to Delta passengers travelling through New York City and Los Angeles, and will operate for at least five years after launch. It will exist alongside Joby's regular airport service in "priority" areas.
This represents a significant boost for Joby. It was the first eVTOL company to get key FAA certifications for airworthiness and carrier service, and now it's signing a "first-of-its-kind" (according to the companies) agreement with a US airline. The move could give Joby an edge over rivals like Archer and Wisk Aero that are waiting for FAA certifications or major commercial partnerships.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Friday October 14 2022, @10:37AM (3 children)
Let's move congestion from the ground, into the air, so that any crashes are more devastating.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2022, @10:51AM
https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/2eb8400f-b631-4787-a1b7-01b5400d7830/gif [getyarn.io]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2022, @06:15PM
Not just that, the noise is something that nobody wants to discuss. They never let us hear the thing in any of the videos
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday October 14 2022, @10:07PM
I've wondered about that when seeing aircars in science fiction movies. Don't they have to integrate it into air-traffic control, and extend/develop traffic algorithms ahead of time to manage the x1E[123] increase in traffic from democratization of air travel?
At least it won't add to combustion-based pollution [youtu.be].
(Score: 2) by Nuke on Friday October 14 2022, @06:18PM (2 children)
What they don't say is where they will find anywhere to land close to where you live. I guess it's for millionaires with large gardens.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2022, @08:17PM
Yeah, the neighbors will love to hear that racket
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Friday October 14 2022, @10:12PM
"Thank you for flying Delta and Delta ShortHop! We're glad to drop you back near home." (takes off)
"Where am I?"
(very far away) "I saaay, young sirs, would you kindly remove yourself from the grasslands of our grounds? I'd rather not release the hounds if it can be avoided."