Volocopter’s air taxi records as first craft to fly at an international airport

Definitely this is not the first test flight the company has conducted by any means but what makes this particular test flight stand apart from others is the fact that it was fully integrated with both traditional air traffic management and air traffic management systems designed specifically for aircraft with no pilot onboard controlling the vehicle manually meaning fully auto-piloted crafts or flights. The test was focused on demonstrating how both the airspace system for traffic control, designed for manned as well as for the unmanned aircrafts, can co-exist even in the areas with heavy air-traffic – including over cities. They figure out that the Volocopter systems work well with each provider, which is a key step toward gaining certification for commercial flight.

Watching such level of progress towards commercial flights, thinking that the time for air-taxi is not far long from us is not wrong, but still, most of the other companies in this field are still around the testing phase. A lot of other questions like the value of this type of transportation still remains unanswered. But as those answers get sorted out, either through Volocopter or others, we will soon witness the first air taxi taking off soon.