Joby and Virgin Atlantic eye lift-off for UK electric air taxi service

Stuart Stone
clock • 4 min read
Joby’s all-electric air taxi in flight above the company’s flight test facility in Marina, California. Credit: Joby Aviation
Image:

Joby’s all-electric air taxi in flight above the company’s flight test facility in Marina, California. Credit: Joby Aviation

California-based electric air taxi firm to provide regional and city connections from Virgin hubs at Heathrow and Manchester airports

Electric air taxi company Joby Aviation and Virgin Atlantic have inked an agreement to offer zero emission, short-range journeys across the UK, starting with regional and city connections from the airline's...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Stuart Stone
Author spotlight

Stuart Stone

View profile
More from Stuart Stone

What can growing and recycling food in space teach agrifood systems about waste?

How a weakened ZEV Mandate would risk 'slamming the brakes' on the EV transition

More on Aviation

The UK would be a fool not to tax private jets properly
Aviation

The UK would be a fool not to tax private jets properly

Private jet passengers still pay much lower Air Passenger Duty as a share of ticket cost than economy flyers, despite the climate costs, writes former pilot and Safe Landing co-founder Todd Smith

Todd Smith, Safe Landing
clock 23 October 2026 • 4 min read
Reports suggest Andy Burnham 'open minded' over Heathrow expansion plans
Aviation

Reports suggest Andy Burnham 'open minded' over Heathrow expansion plans

New Prime Minister yet to be publicly drawn on government's support for £33bn third runway, but FT reports he has privately expressed misgivings over the controversial plans and was previously highly critical of the project

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 25 September 2026 • 4 min read
Study: Tackling aircraft contrails could delay climate impact of aviation by a decade
Aviation

Study: Tackling aircraft contrails could delay climate impact of aviation by a decade

Transport & Environment study claims re-routing or rescheduling flights to curb climate-warming contrails presents 'low-hanging fruit' for aviation decarbonisation efforts

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 22 September 2026 • 3 min read