air taxi

noun

: a small commercial airplane used for short flights between localities not served by scheduled airlines

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Joby Aviation plans to launch air taxi services connecting JFK Airport to Manhattan, while Uber, in partnership with Joby, is targeting electric air taxi rollouts in New York City and Los Angeles in 2025. Sarwant Singh, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 The airline also announced plans to launch an air taxi service with Joby Aviation (JOBY) in the next couple of years, starting in New York City and Los Angeles. Jackie Snow, Quartz, 8 Jan. 2025 Two years before German air taxi manufacturer Lilium promised to deliver its first two aircraft to customers, the air taxi pioneer has run out of money and will imminently stop making them. Umar Shakir, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024 Fresh on the heels of a $500 million investment announcement from Toyota, Joby Aviation on Thursday unveiled a prototype of its electric air taxi in the middle of Grand Central Station, drawing crowds of onlookers, equally puzzled and amazed. Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for air taxi 

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air taxi was in 1919

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“Air taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20taxi. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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