Europe regulator sees first flying taxis in 2024 or 2025

FILE PHOTO: A Volocopter air taxi performs a demonstration in Singapore, October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Feline Lim

PARIS (Reuters) - Europe could see the first flying taxis enter service as early as 2024, the region's top aviation regulator said on Wednesday.

More than half a dozen European firms have announced developments of Urban Air Mobility vehicles for passenger use or for unmanned cargo sorties such as delivering medical supplies.