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Air Taxi Startup Joby Sees Service Starting in Dubai Before US
A Joby Aviation electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in Edwards, California.
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Joby Aviation Inc. expects to launch its flying taxi service in Dubai before anywhere else, including the startup’s home turf in the US.
Work on a partnership with the Gulf emirate announced earlier this year is “a bit more advanced in the approach that they’re taking” than in other jurisdictions, Joby’s president of operations, Bonny Simi, said in an interview. “So we’ll be able to launch in Dubai first.”