Travelers flying with Delta Air Lines will soon have a new way to get to the airport. The company is partnering with Joby Aviation to offer transfers to and from airports on its electric aircraft.
Delta will begin offering the service in New York and Los Angeles in the next couple of years.
“Delta always looks forward and embraces opportunities to lead the future, and we’ve found in Joby a partner that shares our pioneering spirit and commitment to delivering innovative, seamless experiences that are better for our customers, their journeys, and our world,” Delta CEO Ed Bastian said in a Tuesday news release. “This is a groundbreaking opportunity for Delta to deliver a time-saving, uniquely premium home-to-airport solution for customers in key markets we’ve been investing and innovating in for many years.”
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Delta also made a $60 million equity investment in the company, exclusive across both the United States and the United Kingdom, for a five-year period.
The launch is subject to Joby receiving additional certification from the Federal Aviation Administration.
How will Delta and Joby’s partnership work?
Bastian said during a media briefing that the airline will integrate Joby’s service into “all of our customer-facing channels over the next couple of years as we build out the actual road map to delivering” the offering….
