Headline: UNCAPTIONED: 'Jetsons-like' air taxis arrive in New York with first demonstration flights
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Air taxis have come to New York after the first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) demonstration flights took off in the Big Apple. Flying against the backdrop of the city's skyline, Joby Aviation flights aim to show how electric air taxis could provide trips across Manhattan and its surrounding areas. They are quieter than helicopters and produce zero operating emissions. One of the company's aircraft departed from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and landed at several existing heliports including Downtown Skyport and the West 30th Street and East 34th Street heliports in Midtown. The sites reflect routes the firm hopes to operate commercially, potentially connecting Manhattan and JFK in under 10 minutes. Some enthusiastic officials have even compared the flights to the kinds of transport seen in the futuristic 1960s cartoon The Jetsons.
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