air taxi

noun

: a small commercial airplane used for short flights between localities not served by scheduled airlines

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Lilium View 1 Images Seven years after its first test flight, German electric air taxi manufacturer Lilium has run out of funding and filed for insolvency for its two primary subsidiaries. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024 EHang, a Chinese autonomous air taxi company, has completed demo flights with passengers in Japan and the United Arab Emirates. Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024 The company also unveiled plans for a Los Angeles air taxi network, as soon as 2026. Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2024 Its competitor, Archer, has also incorporated similar flight controls into its Archer Midnight air taxi. Julie Boatman, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for air taxi 

Word History

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of air taxi was in 1919

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“Air taxi.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/air%20taxi. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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