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 the USA, were supposed to be 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 ότι είναι επειδή η αυστραλιανή κυβέρνηση "υιοθέτησε μια μελλοντική προσέγγιση στην ανταλλαγή οχημάτων και τη μελλοντική τεχνολογία των μεταφορών".
UberAir's electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles will begin testing in 2020, three years ahead of the expected launch.movement of the service. Melbourne's trial flights will take passengers from the Westfield shopping center to the city's international airport. this is one trip 12 miles that usually takes about 25 minutes by 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 to create a system control of air traffic to manage its taxi fleet.
