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Airbus Steps Up Push for Flying Taxis, On-Demand Helicopters
- Planemaker creates new unit for urban transport projects
- Airbus is open to cooperation with other vehicle makers: CEO
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Airbus SE is creating a division to oversee futuristic transport options such as flying taxis and on-demand helicopters in a sign the European planemaker is going on the offensive against tech providers and startups encroaching in the market.
The manufacturer named company veteran Eduardo Dominguez Puerta, 40, on Monday to head its newly formed Urban Air Mobility unit. Puerta helped start the firm’s innovation center in Silicon Valley, where he served as chief operating officer.