Skyports to open 'UK first' flying taxi test centre

Stuart Stone
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Skyports and Bicester Motion confirms plans to cut ribbon on the UK's first vertiport testbed before the end of the year

Skyports Infrastructure has inked an agreement to open the UK's first flying taxi testbed at the 444-acre Bicester Motion estate in Oxfordshire by the end of 2024. Developed as part of the Advanced...

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