UK residents can soon skip the Tube, Uber, and hours of traffic by gliding through the skies in long-imagined flying taxis. Electric air taxi company Joby and British airline Virgin Atlantic announced a new partnership on Sunday to bring flying taxis to the UK.

Virgin Atlantic and a US company developing electric air taxis – called Joby – have agreed a partnership to create a service that travel agents will be able to promote and sell.

Joby Aviation announced a partnership with Virgin Atlantic that will see the companies partner on the launch of Joby’s revolutionary air taxi