Wisk selects Miami as launch city for first air taxi services at Paris Air Show

Boeing’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company Wisk Aero has selected Miami, Florida, as the official city to launch its autonomous electric air taxi services. This makes Miami-Dade County one of the first locations in the United States to provide advanced air mobility.

During a press briefing at the Paris Air Show 2025 on June 17, 2025, Wisk’s CEO Sebastien Vigneron talked about the progress the company has made in launching the first autonomous, four-passenger electric eVTOL aircraft in the US market.

Wisk said it has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) – one with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD) and another with the University of Miami’s Engineering Autonomy Mobility Initiative (MEAMI). As a result of this partnership, Miami, Florida, will be the official launch city for the company’s air taxi services.

The MOU with MDAD is centered on strategic planning, infrastructure development, policy pathways, and the commercialization of autonomous AAM in Miami-Dade County and at MDAD airports, according to the company. Vigneron also noted that in addition to Miami, Wisk will also operate in the Long Beach area and in Brisbane, Australia.

Additionally, Wisk announced that SkyGrid, an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Third-Party Service Provider (TSP), has become a subsidiary of Wisk. Vignerod said this announcement is “huge” for the company as it focuses on “safe and seamless integration into the navigation system”.

Wisk’s CEO Sebastien Vigneron at PAS25 / AeroTimeLastly, the company revealed that it has entered into a three-party Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The City of Kaga, Ishikawa, Japan, and JAL Engineering (JALEC), a subsidiary of Japan Airlines.

Vigneron said Kaga has been specifically identified as a national strategic spatial zone for advanced air mobility.

“We want to launch in the US first – there is no doubt about that. But very quickly, we want to be able to launch in the Asia Pacific region. Japan is definitely critical for us,” Vignerod said.

Wisk’s 6th-generation air taxi is designed to the “highest safety standards”, comparable to those of the latest commercial aircraft, according to the company. The aircraft operates fully autonomously, meaning there is no pilot on board.

Regarding the testing phase, Vigneron said that currently, the aircraft is fully assembled at the company’s flight test facility in Silicon Valley. He added that the company is “getting really close to flying.”

“We have a second airplane that is currently being built and that we’re driving towards flying also before the end of the year, and we’re going to enter a flight test program after that,” Vigneron concluded.The post Wisk selects Miami as launch city for first air taxi services at Paris Air Show appeared first on AeroTime.

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