Like the Wright Brothers, Joby Aviation (JOBY 2.54%) has beaten every air taxi start-up to the punch. Instead of the dunes of Kitty Hawk, however, Joby's big moment happened around the skyscrapers of New York City: In late April 2026, it flew the first point-to- point electric air taxi flight from JFK Airport to Manhattan in under 10 minutes. It's hard to overstate the significance of this event, not only for Joby but also for the nascent electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) industry as a whole. Fo ...