Inside Britain’s first flying taxi AIRPORT – to host air-born cab ‘as quiet as fridge’ which will cut 90-min trips to 15
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CONSTRUCTION on Britain's first ever flying taxi airport is underway with work set to be complete by early 2025. The ambitious project will allow for innovative air-born cabs to pick people up and fly them across the UK remarkably quickly. A 160 square metre passenger terminal is due to be created across from Bicester Aerodrome in the coming months on behalf of tech aces Skyports Infrastructure.
![[Concept works shows the plans for Britain's first ever flying taxi airport in Bicester]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/industry-bicester-motion-444-acre-957237404.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Dubbed a veriport - opposed to a standard airport - it will mark the first zone in Britain where vertically landing aircraft can safely take off and land. Initial plans are for the site at Bicester Motion to be used as a testing area for the types of transport being developed - including flying taxis.
![[An air-born cab preparing to take off from a veriport]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/4756cc45-3a80-46d1-9e87-8af3fc3d9cbd.jpg?strip=all&w=938)
Bicester Motion said in a statement: “We’re proud to support this vertiport testbed as part of our strategic vision to integrate both traditional and vertical aviation operations from our airfield and boost pioneering future mobility discovery. “Once complete, it will be a critical facility for testing electric vertical take-off and landing flight operations, ground infrastructure, and air traffic management.
![[Aerial views of the plans for the airfield which will be the new home of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/industry-bicester-motion-444-acre-957237524.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
"And it will play a significant role in enabling the next generation of electric, low noise aviation in the UK.". Brains behind the plans, Skyports Infrastructure, are aiming to revolutionise short-distance, commercial travel through a number of fascinating projects.
![[Construction has already started on the veriport with it expected to be finished by early 2025]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/industry-bicester-motion-444-acre-957237413.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
