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The worst part of air travel is often the journey to the airport. 

But traffic jams and sprints to the gate may be a thing of the past from 2025, budget limo jersey city when  travelers could hop aboard an electric air taxi to cruise to their flight. 

As part of a multi-million dollar partnership, Delta Air Lines has unveiled plans to build 'vertiports' at their terminals in New York and Los Angeles where air taxis will land.

The ports will enable passengers to be whisked through the skies from their homes in small electric flying taxis to arrive at their gates in a fraction of the time. 




The flights could be available as soon as 2025, with passengers able to book when they buy a Delta ticket







It's part of a $60million partnership between Delta Air Lines and Joby Aviation, a leading electric aircraft manufacturer. 

Under the scheme, when Delta passengers book their flight, they will be given the option to book seats on Joby craft to travel to the airport. 

It's not yet clear where the flights will take off from or if it will be a door-to-door service.  

But the craft will land at the specially designed 'vertiports' at Delta terminals where the aircraft will recharge before leaving to collect more passengers. 

The pilot scheme is planned for New York's LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy airport and Los Angeles International Airport where there is the highest demand and highest road congestion. 

The service will be rolled out slowly from 2025, starting with 'premium' customers.

Then, as the fleet grows, they will try to lower costs until it's comparable to hiring a  Uber black car to the airport from downtown Manhattan - roughly $200. 




The Joby craft have undertaken over 1,000 test flights and are quieter and more efficient than standard helicopters





Delta Air Lines are planning to build 'vertiports' at their terminals in New York and Los Angeles







The type of craft is only a year or two from completion and has undertaken more than 1,000 test flights.

Joby founder and CEO JoeBen Bevirt told Axios: 'The quality of the sound is significantly different. 

'NASA came and did acoustic recordings of our aircraft. They put out a huge field of microphones and flew our aircraft over and recorded the acoustic profile.

'What they showed was the noise footprint when our aircraft flies over is 100 times smaller than a traditional helicopter.'

Delta CEO Ed Bastian said: 'Some people spend more time on the journey from their home to their seat than they do on the flight itself. We want to give people their time back.'

'Delta always looks forward and embraces opportunities to lead the future, and we've found in Joby a partner that shares our pioneering spirit and commitment to delivering innovative, seamless experiences that are better for our customers, their journeys, and our world.

'This is a groundbreaking opportunity for Delta to deliver a time-saving, uniquely premium home-to-airport solution for customers in key markets we've been investing and innovating in for many years.' 


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