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ANA Holdings, Joby Plan to Accelerate Air Taxi Deployment in Japan; Will Hold Demonstration Flights at EXPO 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Published August 05, 2025 at 12:00 PM

TOKYO & SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- $JOBY--ANA Holdings (ANA HD) and Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced a significant expansion of their relationship to bring electric air taxi service to Japan. Under new terms, the two companies intend to establish a joint venture and plan to deploy more than 100 Joby aircraft within a new air taxi ecosystem across Japan. Starting in Tokyo, ANA HD and Joby are targeting a

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