UK Builds World's First Flying Taxi Airport

Airport Taxi Flying in Coventry, England (Telegraph)

JAKARTA - Britain will be the first country to present a massive flying taxi. Urban Air-Port will work on the infrastructure development in collaboration with Hyundai.

The two companies will develop infrastructure when flying taxis operate and carry goods or people. According to Ricky Sandhu, the founder and executive chairman of Urban Air-Port, he said that infrastructure is the missing part.

This is because, of the many automotive companies that have developed flying taxis, no one has yet planned their infrastructure development.

"You can't get off or get on a train except through a train station, so ground support infrastructure is key", Sandhu said as quoted by Reuters.

Flying taxi infrastructure development will be established in Coventry, England. In November, the construction of a flying taxi airport will be visible to the people of Coventry.

Not only the construction process, but they can also see drones to carry passengers when taking off and landing on eVTOL on the runway.

The UK appointed the Urban Air-Port startup because it wanted to develop the latest zero-emissions and flying vehicles. The program costs £ 1.2 million (about IDR 23.1 billion) which is used to set up a temporary airport installation.

Sandhu is optimistic that the construction of a flying taxi airport in England will be the first in the world. The reason is that he feels confident because he has support from the British government in collaboration with Hyundai Motors.

"With the support of the British government and the Hyundai Motor Group we will create the world's first operational airport", said Sandhu.

Various companies are developing flying taxis that will be used as the newest mass transportation. However, only Britain built an airport for this futuristic vehicle.