Joby May Perform Air Tours and Market Survey Flights before Starting Commercial Operations Written 25 June 2024

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Joby Aviation delivered this S4 prototype to Edwards Air Force Base in California in September 2023. | Credit: Joby Aviation; Aerospace America–©

Aviation Week Network reports, “Joby Aviation may fly passengers on air tours and market survey flights before starting commercial air taxi operations, the company says. The flights, done under FAA 91 general operations regulations, could be a sort of soft launch for the electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) developer and operator…”
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