Your next ride with Uber could be in the sky

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A Joby air taxi hovers above a landing pad, powered by six propellers and with three wheels underneath it.
Uber riders in Dubai will be able to book rides on Joby's air taxis later this year, the companies said on Wednesday.

Uber/Joby

Tech companies want flying taxis on the battlefield

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Joby and L3Harris' VTOL
Joby Aviation and L3Harris are developing a defense-focused VTOL.

Joby Aviation

How flying taxis could go mainstream

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An eVTOL flying through abstract 5G-themed shapes.

Ariel Davis for BI

This article is part of "5G and Connectivity Playbook," a series exploring some of our time's most important tech innovations.

Dubai is hoping to launch a fully operational flying taxi service by 2026

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A white flying taxi with six propellors stitched next to the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world
An immersive virtual reality experience of an Urban Air Mobility aircraft of Joby Aviation and a view of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on November 21, 2022.

Joan Cros Garcia - Corbis/Getty Images // Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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