Anybody commuting by train, bus, underground or car in the current heat maybe forgiven if they have day dreamed about an alternative faster and cooler way of travelling to work. Whilst we are probably a long way off BTTF Part II and ubiquitous flying cars, I am sure Dr Emmett Brown would approve of the idea of a flying taxi.
Environmental and other regulatory issues will need consideration.
But what will it do to property prices - will there be another race to space if commuting time is cut?
And when will vertiports become the next must have for the well equipped HNW property?
Trials of zero-emission flying taxis travelling from city centres and across country to international airports are to begin in Britain within two years. Heathrow, London City and Bristol airports are to work with Nats, the air-traffic controller, and two start-ups – Vertical Aerospace, which is building prototypes of a VX4, four-passenger flying taxi; and Skyports, which is developing plans to construct so-called vertiports, helipad-like stations capable of recharging the vehicles.
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