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 Joby Aviation have announced a new partnership that aims to bring electric air taxis to UK skies

The two firms have launched a strategic partnership to deliver electric air taxis in the UK, with the initial goal of offering short-range airport transfers

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

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.

The companies say the partnership will connect passengers at Heathrow and Manchester airports via Virgin’s app, although no timeline was announced. The skies over London could soon get a lot more exciting.

Virgin Atlantic announced a partnership with California-based Joby Aviation to launch an air taxi service in the UK, becoming the latest airline to bet on a new class of electric aircraft vying to become taxis in the sky.

Partnership will deliver emissions-free travel in the UK for Virgin Atlantic customers traveling to and from the airport