Air-Taxis – an industry snapshot

The slide shows current manufacturers of the air-taxis, funding situation and technological capabilities.

This sort of “manned drones” come in very different configurations and aim for different use-cases (short-range vs. long-range travel). Furthermore all the companies mentioned are on very different points of development – while some are still in a concept phase, others are already in the midst of the certification process. Same accounts for funding and/or backing by larger corporates (like car or aircraft manufacturers). The funding collected also shows the very early stage of this market segment – the certification process alone for the commercial use of an unmanned transport system is estimated to be up 1 billion USD. Not every company will be able to collect these funds.

Interesting to see is that most of the companies are very young which speaks fo a very new and quickly developing market segment.

Manufacturer mentioned:

• Aeromobil
• Airbus
• Aurora Flight Sciences
• EHANG
• e-volo
• Joby Aviation
• Lilium
• Moller International
• Pal-V
• Terrafugia
• Zee.Aero