At a price of 300 euros, Volocopter offers sightseeing flights with so-called electric air taxis. According to its own information, these are the world's first commercial flights. These are carried out during the Greentech Festival in Berlin. Initially, 1.000 tickets are available.
Volocopter announces the reservations after a series of successful flights in Stuttgart, at Helsinki International Airport and over Singapore's Marina Bay. "The dream of electric flight in inner cities will be everyday life in just a few years. Our public test flights with international approvals are proof of this. We now invite our fans to become pioneers and be among the first to experience this new form of mobility," says Volocopter CEO Florian Reuter. Tickets for the first VoloCity flights are available worldwide for a limited time via the Volocopter reservation platform.
"While final approval for air taxis is still pending, we are already implementing our realistic timeline to start commercial VoloCity flights in the next 2-3 years. In addition, those who reserve now can receive the latest updates on our progress and commercial launch plan," said Christian Bauer, Chief Commercial Officer of Volocopter.
Volocopter first made aviation history in 2011 with its "yoga ball flight". Since then, Volocopter has repeatedly demonstrated its technological expertise in piloted and remote-controlled flights around the world. It is the only aerospace company to develop electrically powered VTOL (= Vertical Take-Off and Landing) and at the same time holds a development organization approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Volocopter is working closely with regulators, cities, infrastructure developers and air traffic management system providers around the world to quickly realize the vision of battery-powered air taxis. The company is preparing to enter the market within the next 2-3 years. This makes Volocopter the first electric air taxi company in the world that already has paying customers.
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