If the North Texas Council of Governments is successful in its petition to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), drones will be sharing the skies with self-operating air taxis as part of a pilot program.
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The North Texas Council, a regional planning organization, wants to test unpiloted electric-powered aircraft and to that end filed its application with the FAA in January. The aircraft in question is one that takes off and lands vertically, unlike traditional airplanes that do so horizontally. The Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport would be a partner in the pilot project should it be approved along with the following: Arlington Municipal Airport, Fort Worth Meacham International Airport and Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport.
Bringing the idea of self-flying air taxis to fruition in North Texas has been brewing for several years with the airports beginning a collaboration with Overair, an air taxi company, in 2023. A year later Arlington Mayor Jim Ross expressed a belief that air taxis would be ferrying passengers to Dallas’ Entertainment District in time for the 2026 World Cup soccer matches. However, that prediction will remain unrealized as authorization for transporting passengers in air taxis has not been granted by the FAA.
The three-year pilot project the North Texas Council is proposing would include the operation of short-haul cargo aircraft and short-range passenger shuttles. The airplane-helicopter hybrids would at first fly only along two routes.
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