Vehicles · Joby Aviation

S4 (JAS4-1)

Piloted electric tiltrotor air taxi (pilot + 4 passengers)

White Joby S4 eVTOL with six tilting propellers parked on a taxiway
Photo: Harlan Huntington, US Air Force · Public domain (US government work) · source

Certifying

Price / deposit
Not sold to consumers (operated as a service)
Certification, as written on the tracker
FAA type certification Stage 5 of 5 underway: Joby 20% / FAA 10%; Stage 4 at 83% / 77% (as of Jul 31 2026). No type certificate yet.
Delivery / launch
Dubai commercial launch targeted for 2026 (six-year exclusive with Dubai RTA); eIPP flights in Texas Sep 2026
Tracker updated

Certificates

A special or experimental airworthiness certificate, a production approval and an operator certificate are not type certificates. Standing is taken from the linked source.

No certification row is recorded here yet.

Orders and other deals

No funding or order row is recorded here yet.

Milestones

DateVehicleKindEventSources
Infrastructure
Dubai International Airport vertiport technically completeSkyports and the RTA said the flagship vertiport was technically complete and ready for eVTOL aircraft. Passenger service had not started. No opening date was stated in that announcement.
Piloted flight
Piloted test flights in DubaiSkyports said Joby completed piloted test flights in Margham in June 2025, including the first UAE piloted flights between two places, Margham and Al Maktoum International Airport. Skyports did not give the day.

Video

Joby Aviation Flies in Dubai

Joby Aviation on YouTube · Jun 30, 2025 Piloted, full-transition flights in Dubai, June 2025. Video and poster: Joby Aviation · Watch on YouTube

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