Joby and Uber Reveal Electric Air Taxi Booking Platform

Joby Aviation and its partner Uber have released a preview of the mobile app interface that will allow Uber riders to book flights on Joby’s four-passenger eVTOL air taxi. 

The new aerial ride-hailing service—dubbed “Uber Air powered by Joby”—builds on the Uber Elevate platform that Uber began developing in 2016 and subsequently sold to Joby in 2020. As part of the acquisition deal, Uber remained a strategic partner on the program and invested a further $75 million in Joby, following a $50 million investment earlier that year. 

“With Uber Air, riders will be able to book Joby’s electric air taxi through a simple and familiar, one-tap experience on Uber, seamlessly connecting every leg of their journey,” Uber chief product officer Sachin Kansal said in a joint statement. 

Joby and Uber also recently announced plans to integrate helicopter and seaplane services into the Uber app, leveraging Joby’s 2025 acquisition of Blade Air Mobility’s charter brokerage. The partners have said that passengers will be able to book Blade-arranged helicopter flights through the Uber mobile app as early as this year.

Announcing the “Uber Air” moniker on Wednesday, Joby also reaffirmed its commitment to launching electric air taxi services in Dubai this year as the California-based manufacturer continues to trudge through the FAA certification process back home. 

“We plan to carry our first passengers this year in the UAE as part of our six-year exclusive access to the Dubai market,” Joby founder and CEO JoeBen Bevirt told investors during a quarterly earnings call on Wednesday afternoon. “Here in the U.S., we expect the government's EIP program to provide us with the opportunity to demonstrate our service in several locations, also this year,” he added, referring to the White House-backed eVTOL integration pilot program.

Bevirt explained that the first production-conforming JAS4-1 eVTOL aircraft intended for FAA type inspection authorization (TIA) testing is “now ready to fly.” All five of the additional aircraft that Joby plans to use for TIA testing are “in different phases of construction,” he said. Joby expects its new 728,000-sq-ft factory in Dayton, Ohio, will help the company achieve a production rate of four aircraft per month in 2027. 

Having closed the 2025 fiscal year with $1.4 billion in cash, Joby believes it now has the capital it needs to fund certification, scale manufacturing, and launch commercial air taxi services.

In the fourth quarter, Joby generated $30.8 million in revenue but reported a net loss of $121.5 million. For the full year, revenue totaled $53.4 million, whereas the net loss widened to $929.8 million, reflecting hefty certification and manufacturing costs. In 2026, the company expects revenue to range from $105 million to $115 million, while anticipating continued cash burn as it progresses toward certification and scales production.