{"id":403138,"date":"2026-08-11T02:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T02:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403138\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T02:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T02:26:11","slug":"california-based-air-taxi-company-joby-coming-to-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/403138\/","title":{"rendered":"California based air taxi company Joby coming to Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jobyaviation.com\/\">Joby<\/a>, a California-based air transportation company will soon begin service in Fort Worth. The company signed a lease at the Perot Field Airport Fort Worth Alliance Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The company operates as a rideshare program where customers can book an all-electric air taxi on an app. The ride will include an Uber to and from the airport to the rider\u2019s final destination.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft is an electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle that can reach top speeds of 200 mph. The aircrafts are designed to carry up to four passengers and a pilot.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Joby website, the aircrafts will have zero operating emissions.<\/p>\n<p>In March, the Federal Aviation Administration introduced the<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/newsroom\/eipp-what-you-need-know\"> Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Integration Pilot Program<\/a>. Under the program, Joby can begin operations in Arizona, Florida, Idaho, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and Utah.<\/p>\n<p>Through the program, Joby will work with the Texas Department of Transportation to connect Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and eventually Houston with air taxi networks.<\/p>\n<p>Joby Aviation\u2019s Chief Policy Officer Greg Bowles, said that he chose Fort Worth after visiting Perot Field two years ago, and he called the site a \u201ccornerstone of aviation for the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEstablishing a presence in Texas puts Joby in one of the most exciting markets in the country. This site gives us a base to demonstrate the value of air mobility services across the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and the state,\u201d Bowles said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/315672317\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/STAFF_Maven_Navarro.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Maven Navarro\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/315672317\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maven Navarro<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Maven Navarro is a local news reporter at the Star-Telegram. She covers Fort Worth and Tarrant County.\u00a0\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joby, a California-based air transportation company will soon begin service in Fort Worth. The company signed a lease&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-403138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}