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.

Powered lift includes aircraft described by industry watchers as electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL. Using tilt rotors, eVTOL aircraft are designed to take off and land vertically like a helicopter and then transition into forward flight on fixed wings like a plane.

Federal regulators gave a strong push to electric-powered air taxis Tuesday by issuing a final rule for operating the aircraft and how pilots will be trained to fly them.The head of the Federal Aviation Administration,

The Federal Aviation Administration on Tuesday finalized comprehensive training and pilot certification rules for flying air taxis, addressing a key hurdle to the deployment of electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Agency will publish guidelines for pilot training and operations of powered-lift aircraft, including electric and hydrogen powered air taxis.

The Federal Aviation Administration published new rules that move toward allowing “air taxis” to start whizzing through the skies.

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.

US aviation regulators will release final safety rules for the nascent air taxi industry Tuesday, crossing a key milestone for companies such as Joby Aviation Inc. and Archer Aviation Inc. to eventually begin commercial operations.

The FAA published a highly anticipated special federal aviation regulation that paves the way for the new generation of eVTOL aircraft. At the National Business Aviation Administration-Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Las Vegas,