{"id":53196,"date":"2026-04-17T09:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=53196"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:30:20","slug":"flying-taxis-are-almost-here-first-station-in-dubai-is-now-ready-near-dxb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/flying-taxis-are-almost-here-first-station-in-dubai-is-now-ready-near-dxb\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Taxis Are Almost Here: First Station in Dubai Is Now Ready Near DXB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There\u2019s been talk of air taxis filling Dubai\u2019s skies for a while, and now you\u2019re closer than ever to your first ride. The <strong>first flying taxi station is now ready<\/strong>, and it&#8217;s located right <strong>next to Dubai International Airport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum confirmed that <strong>Dubai International Vertiport (DXV) station is fully complete<\/strong>. It includes four floors with passenger areas, climate-controlled waiting spaces, a two-level car park, two take-off and landing pads, and charging points for electric flying taxis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flights are expected to begin later this year once the rest of the network is in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flying-taxi_air-taxi-station-in-Dubai.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flying-taxi_air-taxi-station-in-Dubai.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flying-taxi_air-taxi-station-in-Dubai-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/flying-taxi_air-taxi-station-in-Dubai-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial route will connect DXV to Downtown Dubai, Palm Jumeirah, and Dubai Marina. With the first station now ready, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/where-to-board-flying-taxis-in-dubai-first-vertiport-locations-announced\/\">remaining vertiport locations<\/a><\/strong> are what\u2019s left before flights begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel time between these locations will take about 10-12 minutes. The price is expected to stay close to an Uber Black ride, so it\u2019s not something you save only for special occasions. You can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/flying-taxi-in-dubai-youll-soon-be-able-to-book-air-taxi-rides-via-uber-air\/\">read more about booking an air taxi via Uber here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With work continuing on the remaining vertiports, we&#8217;re only a few months away from booking the first flying taxi ride and soaring across Dubai\u2019s skies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s been talk of air taxis filling Dubai\u2019s skies for a while, and now you\u2019re closer than ever to your first ride. The first flying taxi station is now ready, and it&#8217;s located right next to Dubai International Airport. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum confirmed that Dubai International Vertiport (DXV) station is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":53200,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-53196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15498,"slug":"dubai","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/dubai\/","api_id":1,"title":{"rendered":"Dubai"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}