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<\/a><\/p>\nThe week-long flight campaign is part of Joby\u2019s 2026 Electric Skies Tour, a national showcase running alongside the United States\u2019 250th anniversary celebrations. Earlier in the year, the tour kicked off with a flight over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. New York is the next chapter.<\/p>\n
What makes this particularly relevant for anyone following Uber is that Joby and Uber are already partners. The plan is for passengers to eventually book a Joby flight directly through the Uber app \u2014 you\u2019d request an Uber from home, it takes you to the vertiport, you board the air taxi to the airport, and another Uber picks you up on the other side. It\u2019s one seamless booking, ground to sky.<\/p>\n
Joby\u2019s chief product officer Eric Allison, speaking from the Blade Air Mobility lounge at West 30th Street, described what happened when waiting Blade helicopter passengers spotted the Joby aircraft come in to land. \u201cThey asked if they could wait and take it instead,\u201d he said. \u201cIt just shows there\u2019s so much excitement around this.\u201d Joby acquired Blade\u2019s passenger business in 2025, giving it access to Manhattan\u2019s existing heliport network and an established customer base.<\/p>\n
The aircraft itself is designed with four passenger seats plus a pilot, travels at up to 200mph, and is reportedly between 100 and 1,000 times quieter than a conventional helicopter. That noise advantage matters enormously in a city like New York \u2014 or indeed London, where Joby has also listed as a future target market.<\/p>\n
FAA certification for commercial passenger operations is still being worked through, with Joby targeting the second half of 2026 for its first paying flights. Its Dubai service, in partnership with Uber, is expected to launch later this year under a separate regulatory framework.<\/p>\n
Whether this technology lands in the UK anytime soon remains to be seen. But with the skies over New York already being used for test runs, and London named as a priority market, it\u2019s not as far off as it might feel.<\/p>\n
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