Fancy flying to the place of work? It may well be at the playing cards quicker than you suppose, given what number of air taxis are recently in building.
From well known aviation professionals like Airbus and Boeing to specialist producers like Vertical Aerospace, flying vehicles are being advanced around the globe.
Check out the prototype automobiles that may be shuttling you across the nation at 200mph by way of the top of the last decade.
Airbus
![Airbus unveiled the NextGen version of its CityAirbus air taxi in 2021. Although still on the drawing board, a prototype is due to begin being tested in 2023 © Airbus CityAirbus air taxi](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2022/02/Airbus-air-taxi-39219ab.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,299)
VoloCity
![The VoloCity air taxi, seen here taking a demo flight over Singapore’s Marina Bay in 2019, bore only a passing resemblance to the prototype that first flew in 2011 © Getty Images The VoloCity air taxi](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2022/02/VoloCity-air-taxi-25c1d34.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,467)
Boeing
![Boeing’s Passenger Air Vehicle (PAV) is an autonomous air taxi with a configuration that differs from the ‘norm’, relying on propellers that are not positioned on the wings © Boeing Boeing Passenger Air Vehicle](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2022/02/Boeing-Passenger-Air-Vehicle-181f923.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,525)
Joby Aviation
![The Joby aircraft is expected to gain its air carrier certification from the Federal Aviation Administration in the US in 2022, and there are plans for it to be in service as an aerial ride-share service by 2024 © Joby Aviation Joby Aviation aircraft](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2022/02/Joby-aircraft-db03ec9.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,467)
Hoversurf
![2021 saw the Russian company Hoversurf testing a prototype of the vehicle it hopes to develop into a drone air taxi © AFP Hoversurf prototype vehicle](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2022/02/Hoversurf-prototype-vehicle-d7f3dcc.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,428)
Vertical Aerospace
![An artist’s impression showing Vertical’s VA-X4 vehicle waiting for its next fare on top of a city-centre skyscraper © Vertical Aerospace An artist’s impression showing Vertical’s VA-X4 vehicle waiting for its next fare on top of a city-centre skyscraper](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2022/02/Vertical-VA-X4-ba6d204.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,467)
![Two of the four passenger seats in Vertical’s VA-X4 cabin © Vertical Aerospace Two of the four passenger seats in Vertical’s VA-X4 cabin](https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2022/02/Passenger-seats-in-Vertical-VA-X4-18a135e.jpg?quality=90&resize=700,394)
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