27/04/2017

Uber to deploy flying taxis in Texas and Dubai by 2020



Transportation Network Company headquartered in San Francisco, Uber Technologies Inc. is gearing up to revolutionise travel by air. The company currently operating in 570 cities worldwide is planning foray into air travel by 2020. The company will deploy flying taxis in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas and Dubai by the end of this decade.

Chief Product Officer Jeff Holden has confirmed the development at the Uber Elevate Summit in Dallas on Tuesday, April 25, reported Reuters. Uber's flying taxis will be small, electric aircraft that can take off and land vertically, or VTOLs, with zero emissions and quiet enough to operate in cities.

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