First piloted flight between two airports
2025-08Joby Aviation
Joby flew a piloted eVTOL air taxi from Marina to Monterey — the first such flight between two public airports.
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Joby Aviation
Profile
Leader in piloted long-range eVTOL; completed FAA Stage 4 of 5 (2026). Toyota-backed, targeting a 2026 Dubai launch.
Editorial profile — compiled by us from public sources.
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Santa Cruz, CA, US
Current standings
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Roadmap & milestones
FAA Stage 4 of 5 completed
2026-03Joby Aviation
Joby cleared the FAA's airworthiness conformity review — the most advanced US eVTOL certification position.
First point-to-point eVTOL flights in NYC
2026-04Joby Aviation
Joby flew between JFK and Manhattan's heliport network, demonstrating the urban air-taxi use case.
First eVTOL flights under the US federal pilot programme
2026-09-10Joby Aviation — eIPP, Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas
Joby began flying on 10 Sep 2026 under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program — the first aircraft to do so — running a week-long campaign on real routes across North Texas, including a round trip into Dallas Fort Worth International and its controlled airspace on 12 September. The point of eIPP is to generate operational safety data before commercial rules exist, so this is flying inside the national airspace system ahead of full FAA type certification rather than after it. These are company flights on a published schedule, not a service: no passengers are being sold seats, and certification remains the gate.
