United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials have committed to bring electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air taxis—zero-emission aircraft that take off vertically like a helicopter but soar on fixed wings like an airplane—to the nation’s capital.
On Friday, manufacturer Archer Aviation and its partners in Abu Dhabi signed a “cross-industry” agreement it said positions its flagship Midnight air taxi as the first such aircraft to fly in the Emirate. If all goes according to plan, commercial air taxi routes could be operational in Abu Dhabi by next year.
