“We are very interested in India in terms of potential for the Uber Air market in the long run," said Eric Allison, head of Uber Elevate. And now with the third market being chosen in Australia the company is aiming to commercially launch Uber Air in the three markets by 2023. As for India, flying taxis coming to the country is still a far-fetched notion as Allison believes that their target for 2023 itself is an ‘ambitious’ one. While the company looks to deploy air taxis and its corresponding infrastructure by 2023, Uber believes that the air taxi will eventually become cheaper than driving a car. The company is on track to start testing the flying taxi service next year before the commercial deployment for the public in 2023.

Source: Mint June 12, 2019 02:26 UTC