UK government aiming to introduce flying taxis by 2026

The UK government is calling for the deployment of flying taxis in the airspace over the country by the year 2026 as the first step of incorporating vertical take-off vehicles as an urban transportation system that will be a ubiquitous sight by the year 2028, BBC reported.

It is the joint effort of the aerospace industry, which intends to revolutionise the way humans travel while welcoming fully autonomous electric vehicles.

As outlined in the proposal, the maiden fully self-flying flying taxi is expected to land on 2030. Nonetheless, the issues of infrastructure development and public acceptance have a huge impact on the progress of the scheme. 

Although the road to the 2026 target is expected to be bumpy, experts argue that an impressive step forward can be taken, and the concept of flying taxis has a transformative impact, contributing to the mobility system until the final goal is reached.

These come under the category called eVTOLs (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft), which are so far proposed to be the premium vehicles catering to those lucrative journeys, which generally are serviced by helicopters. 

Another component of my plan is to enhance the spread of drones by assigning them various tasks such as medical supply transportation to law enforcement operations.