Could fit in RWI also though. Personally, I think that it won't be popular amongst the majority. Look at it this way, for mantainence costs and fuel as well as jacking up the prices to cover their initial investment into this venture ;

Do you think that (so happens if) this were to enter the market, people can afford its price? I'm pretty sure its going to be expensive, and people are already aprehensive about taxis in general. If anything, only the extremely well to do and upper classmen can afford it. Lets face it, it may be a novel idea, but for those investing in this concept, its all about money.

That is why he moved to this country to develop, the idea is good unless it look like those in the sci-fi movie, vertical take off, no need wing like helicopter but to make taxi like helicopter.

Unreal and perhaps the inventor have decided to scrap, so die with it otherwise how to recover the cost? Just joking, I admire these people, one of them will succeed and this one failed.

It reminded me of the consequences I am facing trying to push a daring approach, the trade is wasted my entire life efforts for a job.

Which is why it is novel yes, but realistic? No.

Avcen claimed that Jetpods would enable quick, quiet and cheap travel to and from cities, making it possible, for example, to travel the 24 miles from Woking, Surrey, to Central London in just four minutes. Because it could make so many trips, fares for a flight from Heathrow to Central London could cost about £40 or £50.

In an interview a few years ago Mr Dacre said: “We see it as very much a ‘park and fly’ concept. You drive to a pick-up site, get on the aircraft, and off you go. But people shouldn’t think that these things are going to be whizzing around crashing into each other. They’ll be following set routes.

“Jetpods are meant to be a workhorse, a taxi cab in the air, for on-demand free-roaming traffic. We know that cities like Moscow, Tokyo and New York are crying out for something like this, and there’s nothing remotely like it at the moment.”

Actually if you checked out The Times' article, they have a quote from him that presents a somewhat realistic business case for the airtaxi:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle6798198.ece
Even if you account for the higher fuel prices today, 100 quid for a short flight is vastly cheaper compared to the equivalent helicopter flight:

http://www.aircraft-charter.co.uk/Helicopter_Charter.html

That is, if people actually use the service. It boils down to reality. In theory it might be awesomely epic, but man, your average joe ain't going to pay for such a service. Probably the middle-upper classmen will and those of the elite already have their own personal transport. But who knows eh? I could be very wrong and this could turn out to be a greater hit than any of us would expect.

No, there would be a huge market for this for business class-travellers who are almost always short of time, and one of the quickest ways to save time is eliminate traffic jams, hence using air. A lot of helicopter leasing companies work on this model; that corporations decide that the time of their executives is much more valuable to justify the cost of the helicopter lease, although most of us would think it's absolutely crazy for that price. If the airtaxi were able to undercut the cost by a significant amount I don't see why this wouldn't work. Hence the target cities, which are all financial capitals of the world.

No, there would be a huge market for this for business class-travellers who are almost always short of time, and one of the quickest ways to save time is eliminate traffic jams, hence using air. A lot of helicopter leasing companies work on this model; that corporations decide that the time of their executives is much more valuable to justify the cost of the helicopter lease, although most of us would think it's absolutely crazy for that price. If the airtaxi were able to undercut the cost by a significant amount I don't see why this wouldn't work. Hence the target cities, which are all financial capitals of the world.

i see your POV but how about the possible security concern. Imagine 7 terrorist hijacking these mini cab and decided to recreate 911 on a small scale. already in New York they are now trying to pass a law to limit the number of air traffic,. 2 weeks ago a helo and a light planed crashed mid air and fell into the hudson river

do you still believe that the requisite premit will be given in such unstable climate?