{"id":1831,"date":"2021-06-11T12:46:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T10:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/11\/uk-air-taxi-firm-vertical-aerospace-to-float-on-new-york-stock-market\/"},"modified":"2021-06-11T12:46:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T10:46:25","slug":"uk-air-taxi-firm-vertical-aerospace-to-float-on-new-york-stock-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/11\/uk-air-taxi-firm-vertical-aerospace-to-float-on-new-york-stock-market\/","title":{"rendered":"UK air taxi firm Vertical Aerospace to float on New York stock market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flotation values company at $2.2bn despite the fact its eVTOL aircraft is still to make its first test flight<\/p>\n<p>A UK start-up that makes flying taxis is to float on the New York stock exchange as Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines placed orders for as many as 1,000 of its prototype electric aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Vertical Aerospace, which is based in Bristol, said its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2018\/mar\/04\/air-taxis-we-have-lift-off-airbus-vahana-ehang-volocopter-uber-elevate-lilium\">electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft<\/a> (eVTOL) could be in service by 2024, once safety regulators certify it. Developers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2019\/oct\/26\/need-a-flying-taxi-these-two-firms-can-get-a-cab-to-you-by-2022\">believe eVTOLs will transform urban transport<\/a>, offering on-demand flight in and between cities more quietly, cheaply and safely than helicopters.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/jun\/11\/uk-air-taxi-firm-vertical-aerospace-to-float-on-new-york-stock-market\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a0cd1350cd3f4b9f7e578d612f719d850b3d5570\/109_0_3281_1969\/master\/3281.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8ab5c75e537bee76ca57a03c47375e90\" title=\"UK air taxi firm Vertical Aerospace to float on New York stock market\" \/>Flotation values company at $2.2bn despite the fact its eVTOL aircraft is still to make its first test flight<br \/>\nA UK start-up that makes flying taxis is to float on the New York stock exchange as Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines placed orders for as many as 1,000 of its prototype electric aircraft.<br \/>\nVertical Aerospace, which is based in Bristol, said its electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) could be in service by 2024, once safety regulators certify it. Developers believe eVTOLs will transform urban transport, offering on-demand flight in and between cities more quietly, cheaply and safely than helicopters. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flotation values company at $2.2bn despite the fact its eVTOL aircraft is still to make its first test flight A UK start-up that makes flying taxis is to float on the New York stock exchange as Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines placed orders for as many as 1,000 of its prototype electric aircraft. Vertical Aerospace, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/11\/uk-air-taxi-firm-vertical-aerospace-to-float-on-new-york-stock-market\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK air taxi firm Vertical Aerospace to float on New York stock market<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}