Vertical Aerospace to launch UK’s first electric air taxi network

Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) “announced plans with Skyports Infrastructure (Skyports) and Bristow Group (VTOL), to launch the UK’s first electric air-taxi routes between Canary Wharf and major transport hubs. Proposed routes to and from Canary Wharf at launch would include Heathrow, Gatwick, Cambridge and Oxford. The first phase, planned from Q1 2029, will focus on the UK’s highest-value mobility corridors. The proposed routes, operated by Bristow, would dramatically cut journey times compared with traditional ground travel – for example, cutting a typical Canary Wharf-to-Heathrow transfer from 60-90 minutes on the ground to 12 minutes in the air.”