How Uber Plans to Launch Electric Air Taxi Flights in 2026

Platform users in Dubai could hail rides on Joby Aviation’s electric air taxi as soon as this year.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, February 26, 2026 at 08:00 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

Uber users in Dubai could hail flights on Joby Aviation’s electric air taxi as soon as this year. [Credit: Uber]

Key Takeaways:

Uber is partnering with Joby Aviation to launch "Uber Air," an on-demand electric air taxi service, with initial passenger flights anticipated in Dubai later this year.
The service will utilize Joby's quiet, four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, integrated directly into the Uber app for seamless booking and full journey planning, including ground connections.
This initiative revives Uber's prior aerial ridesharing ambitions, leveraging Joby's acquisition of Uber Elevate and its ElevateOS platform, with Joby pursuing a special qualification program for early operations in Dubai ahead of full FAA certification.

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Uber as soon as this year will add a quiet, all-electric, aerial complement to its ground-based ride-hailing platform.

Uber and Joby Aviation on Thursday unveiled “Uber Air”—a new, on-demand service using Joby’s four-passenger, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. Joby said it expects to carry its first passengers later this year in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where the partners shared a first look at Uber Air during a product and flight demonstration.