A cab ride from Midtown Manhattan to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport today costs about $100, takes between 45 minutes and two hours—traffic depending—and includes up-close views of the soot-covered trash dotting the Van Wyck Expressway.
Paul Sciarra, executive chairman of Joby Aviation, thinks it’s time for an upgrade: A traveler will soon be able to make the same journey in less than 10 minutes, he says, all while enjoying views from more than a thousand feet up in the sky. Eventually, it will cost about the same, too.
