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Saved 2026-05-15 · Posted 2025-03-14 · Status: New
This is the World’s First pay-per-flight air taxi (or eVTOL - Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing).
It takes less than an hour to get trained, no pilot’s license is required, and flying the HEXA is easy and intuitive
LIFT Aircraft was founded in Austin in 2017 by Matt Chasen, LIFT Aircraft debuted its groundbreaking HEXA eVTOL at SXSW 2019, and today, at SXSW 2025, it is making history again by offering attendees the chance to pilot the aircraft themselves, marking a new era in personal flight.
LIFT Aircraft’s HEXA earned U.S. Air Force airworthiness approval under the Agility Prime Program for military and emergency response testing.
Owning a LIFT HEXA eVTOL costs $495,000, bringing personal flight within reach for early adopters.
A single beginner flight session with LIFT Aircraft costs $249, while a bundle of four flights is available for $747 under the “Buy 3, Get 1 Free” deal
The future of air travel is exciting—as eVTOL adoption grows, LIFT Aircraft aims to make personal flight as common as driving cars, affordable pay-per-flight experiences, fleet deployments, and urban air mobility integration.
With Autonomous vehicles being fully adopted in Austin. This city has become a proving ground for the Future of mobility.
Let me know in the comments if you’d fly in one of these.
Send this to someone who’s always sitting in traffic
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Comments (14)
Nope nope and nope 👎
This is awesome! Can't wait for them to fall from the sky and land on I-35 and someone gets hurt! Yay! Sounds like fun! I guess I'll be leaving 2 hours early to go where I need to be because of a stupid thing on the highway! Super excited!
Absolutely would
What money 💰 dose more death's
Wait for the first DWI fatality into a house.
Amazing 👏😮
Got tickets for the 26th
By law it does require a parachute, right? If not, whats the payout for the loss of life in these things??
How do I sign up to pilot one?
Helicopters please
No more toll roads 😂😂😂
Please for Kosovo Air Taxi 💌
This is WILD!!!!👏
Park it where?