Joby Aviation’s Real Risk: The Vertiport Bottleneck

The Air Taxi Trade May Be Missing The Real Risk"Without vertiports, there is no Advanced Air Mobility," Skyports Infrastructure CEO Duncan Walker told Benzinga in an exclusive email interview. eVTOLs are designed for short, urban trips, but without a dense network of landing and charging sites in convenient locations, the model quickly breaks down. If passengers need to spend 30 minutes reaching a vertiport, the time advantage disappears, Walker noted.Certification Isn't The Finish LineFor Joby Aviation and ...