First air taxi test flight in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia successful

Riyadh: The first air taxi test flights were successfully completed in NEOM, the futuristic city being built in Saudi Arabia.

After receiving a special permit from the Kingdom’s aviation authority, the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) completed its week-long trial run in NEOM on Wednesday.

It comes after



18 months of cooperation between NEOM, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) and urban mobility company Volocopter, NEOM said in a statement on Wednesday.

The eVTOL aircraft will be used as air taxis and emergency response vehicles. These aircraft are quieter, more adaptable and cheaper to operate than the helicopters often used today.