Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) and Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports) have announced that the world’s first commercial vertiport situated by Dubai International Airport has reached technical completion, and is now ready to handle electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. (See video below.)
To mark the milestone, a full tour and demonstration of the vertiport was provided to His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, including a simulation of the future passenger experience and a look behind the scenes at how electric air taxi operations would function in practice. [Read more…] about Dubai air taxis prepare for lift-off: World’s first commercial vertiport reaches technical completion