Flying taxis are lining up for certification
A Chinese firm may be first past the post
“THIS IS THE next revolution in flying,” says Mark Henning, a graduate of the Technical University of Munich and a 25-year veteran of the aerospace industry. Mr Henning is excited about his new job. After running projects for Airbus, a giant European aircraft-maker, he has joined AutoFlight, a Chinese firm, where he is responsible for getting the company’s small electrically powered air taxi approved by Europe’s air-safety regulators.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Race to the sky”
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