France Approves Flying Taxi Port on Seine River Barge
- Volocopter aiming for demonstration flights at Paris Olympics
- City Hall opposes flying taxi project championed by Macron
Aeroports de Paris can build a vertiport on the river near the Austerlitz railway station in Paris.
Photographer: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty ImagesThe French government approved the use of a barge docked on the River Seine to facilitate the take off and landing of electrically-powered flying taxis during the Olympic Games.
Aeroports de Paris SA, the French capital’s airport operator, can build a so-called vertiport on the river near the Austerlitz railway station in central Paris, according to an official decree published Tuesday. Still, Paris City Hall opposes the project and it remains uncertain whether the flying taxis will be allowed to fly during the Paris Olympics, due to kick off on July 26.