Rideshares in the Sky by 2024: Joby Aviation Bets Big on Air Taxis

Joby executive Bonny Simi sees a future in which aerial ridesharing is popular, traveling between rural and urban areas is quick and easy, and the pilot workforce is much more diverse.

“By 2030, Joby Aviation will be the world’s largest airline by departures.” The confidence with which Bonny Simi makes this prediction isn’t surprising when one considers her background: Simi, who is Joby’s head of air operations and people, was a longtime commercial pilot and a US Olympic bobsledder and luger. She was also the founding president of a corporate venture-capital fund. She doesn’t shy away from risk, she’s accustomed to doing things that others find scary, and she likes to go fast.

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Watch the videos below to see a closer look at Joby’s aircraft, imagining what air mobility in 2030 will be like, what is powering the future of flight, and what the pilot workforce of the future will be for Joby.