The Chinese company for the production of light aircraft, “KANDO”, carried out testing of the so-called. air taxi, in Jerusalem, Israel. It is a self-driving electric aircraft that in the future should serve to transport passengers. – Since 2019, the Israel Innovation Authority has been actively working on introducing taxi-planes into traffic, which would serve not only for transporting passengers, but also for transporting cargo. What you see is an air taxi that will be able to transport people from one place to another in the future, explained Daniela Partem, director of the Authority. As it was emphasized, Israel has so far carried out more than 20,000 test flights, but yesterday’s flight was the first at which the media could be present. The flight tax program foresees an investment of almost 15 million euros and is supported by several state and private companies. The director emphasized that taxi-planes will also mean an economically viable market. – So if you want to fly an aircraft for medical use or to deliver food, you will be able to do that, she said. In addition to Israel, test flights with taxi-planes were carried out by other countries. France announced similar experiments for the next year 2024.
Source: South China Morning Post