Tampa International Airport CEO Michael Stephens is looking to connect the region through flying taxis.
At a Pinellas County Commission meeting this week, Stephens said the airport wants to be the “epicenter” of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts.
They’re looking to potentially recreate the first commercial air flight, when Tony Jannus flew a Benoist Airboat Type XIV No. 43 from St. Petersburg to Tampa in 1914…