It’s “the last key step needed to get them flying safely,” the FAA said Wednesday, adding that they will “soon appear in the skies.” When air taxis do enter service, “they’ll be the first completely new aircraft category introduced to civil operations since helicopters in the 1940s,

Federal regulatory update creates first new class of aircraft in 80 years, sets the stage for future of passenger and cargo transport

The Federal Aviation Administration has published new rules that it calls “the final piece of the puzzle” toward allowing half-helicopter, half-airplane, electric “air taxis” to start whizzing through the skies.