Uber chose to try her new fleet by flying taxis in three cities. Dallas, Los Angeles, and Melbourne, Australia.
Candidate cities and especially for the third place, as the first two were in USA, υποτίθεται ότι ήταν το Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Paris, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Tokyo and Sydney. Uber was looking for a city outside the US and in the end Melbourne won.
Susan Anderson, Uber Regional Director for Australia, New Zealand and North Asia, he told Reuters that it is because the Australian government has “taken a forward-looking approach to vehicle sharing and the future technology of Transportation".
UberAir's electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles will begin testing in 2020, three years before its expected launch services. Melbourne's trial flights will carry passengers from commercial centre Westfield at the city's international airport. This is a 12 mile trip that usually takes about 25 minutes with the car, but with a flying taxi, it will only take 10 minutes. Passengers will be able to book flights through the Uber app.
Uber is currently working with several companies to Design Flying Vehicles | He also collaborates with NASA For the creation systemic control of air traffic to manage its taxi fleet.