Joby Aviation and Skyports are developing what they call a “Living Lab” passenger terminal to evaluate the technology and operating processes needed for planned eVTOL air taxi services. The partners say the facility within Joby’s Marina, California headquarters will help them to better understand how passengers will experience eVTOL operations, and how these can be optimized.
For ground infrastructure group Skyports, the joint project with Joby, which is working to bring its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft into commercial service during 2024, is the latest of several operational trials at sites around the world. In November, it intends to open a European vertiport testbed at Pontoise-Cormeilles airfield near Paris as part of an exercise involving 30 partners, including German eVTOL aircraft developer Volocopter. The UK-based group also has secured government funding to build a vertiport at an undisclosed general aviation airport in the London area. In addition, it has been involved in advanced air mobility development work in Asian countries including Singapore, South Korea, and Japan.
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