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  "country": "UAE",
  "city": "Dubai",
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    "id": "rta-2025-11",
    "name": "RTA Dubai — Successful First Crewed Electric Aerial Taxi Flight (Nov 2025)",
    "url": "https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home/news-and-media/all-news/NewsDetails/successful-first-crewed-electric-aerial-taxi-flight",
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    "id": "joby-ir-2025-11-17",
    "name": "Joby Aviation IR — Dubai Air Taxi Network Takes Flight (17 Nov 2025)",
    "url": "https://ir.jobyaviation.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/162/dubai-air-taxi-network-takes-flight-joby-completes",
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    "name": "Skyports Infrastructure — UAE Makes Global Aviation History with GCAA's Certification of the World's First Purpose-Built Commercial Vertiport (7 Jul 2026)",
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    "id": "national-2026-07-07",
    "name": "The National — Dubai's air taxis primed for lift-off after approval for first vertiport (7 Jul 2026)",
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    "name": "Joby Aviation — Get Ready for Takeoff with Uber and Joby (25 Feb 2026)",
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    "name": "Dubai air taxi routes & flight times",
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    "name": "Dubai air taxi routes & flight times",
    "meta_description": "Four launch vertiports: VDX at DXB (GCAA-certified 7 Jul 2026, world's first), Dubai Marina (under construction), Dubai Mall and Palm Jumeirah. First point-to-point flight took 17 minutes (Margham to DWC, 9 Nov 2025)."
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    "name": "Dubai air taxi routes & flight times",
    "meta_description": "Four launch vertiports: VDX at DXB (GCAA-certified 7 Jul 2026, world's first), Dubai Marina (under construction), Dubai Mall and Palm Jumeirah. First point-to-point flight took 17 minutes (Margham to DWC, 9 Nov 2025)."
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   "de": {
    "name": "Dubai air taxi routes & flight times",
    "meta_description": "Four launch vertiports: VDX at DXB (GCAA-certified 7 Jul 2026, world's first), Dubai Marina (under construction), Dubai Mall and Palm Jumeirah. First point-to-point flight took 17 minutes (Margham to DWC, 9 Nov 2025)."
   },
   "zh": {
    "name": "Dubai air taxi routes & flight times",
    "meta_description": "Four launch vertiports: VDX at DXB (GCAA-certified 7 Jul 2026, world's first), Dubai Marina (under construction), Dubai Mall and Palm Jumeirah. First point-to-point flight took 17 minutes (Margham to DWC, 9 Nov 2025)."
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    "k": "Launch vertiports",
    "v": "VDX (DXB) · Dubai Marina · Dubai Mall · Palm Jumeirah",
    "i18n": {
     "ar": {
      "k": "فرتيبورت الإطلاق",
      "v": "VDX (مطار دبي) · دبي مارينا · دبي مول · نخلة جميرا"
     },
     "fr": {
      "k": "Vertiports de lancement"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "Start-Vertiports"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "首发起降场",
      "v": "VDX（DXB）· 迪拜码头 · 迪拜购物中心 · 朱美拉棕榈岛"
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    "k": "VDX status",
    "v": "GCAA-certified 7 Jul 2026 — world’s first",
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     "ar": {
      "k": "حالة VDX",
      "v": "معتمد في 7 يوليو 2026 — الأول عالمياً"
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     "fr": {
      "k": "Statut VDX",
      "v": "Certifié GCAA le 7 juil. 2026 — première mondiale"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "VDX-Status",
      "v": "GCAA-zertifiziert 7. Juli 2026 — weltweit erster"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "VDX 状态",
      "v": "2026-07-07 获 GCAA 认证 — 全球首例"
     }
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    "v": "Up to 170,000 passengers/year",
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      "k": "سعة VDX",
      "v": "حتى 170,000 راكب سنوياً"
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     "fr": {
      "k": "Capacité VDX",
      "v": "Jusqu’à 170 000 passagers/an"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "VDX-Kapazität",
      "v": "Bis zu 170.000 Passagiere/Jahr"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "VDX 容量",
      "v": "每年最多 17 万人次"
     }
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   {
    "id": "dubai_marina_site",
    "k": "Dubai Marina site",
    "v": "AUD parking area (Wasl) — under construction",
    "i18n": {
     "ar": {
      "k": "موقع دبي مارينا",
      "v": "موقف الجامعة الأمريكية في دبي (وصل) — قيد الإنشاء"
     },
     "fr": {
      "k": "Site Dubai Marina",
      "v": "Parking de l’AUD (Wasl) — en construction"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "Standort Dubai Marina",
      "v": "AUD-Parkgelände (Wasl) — im Bau"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "迪拜码头站点",
      "v": "迪拜美国大学停车场（Wasl 管理）— 建设中"
     }
    }
   },
   {
    "id": "measured_flight_time",
    "k": "Measured flight time",
    "v": "Margham → DWC: 17 minutes (9 Nov 2025)",
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     "ar": {
      "k": "زمن رحلة مُقاس",
      "v": "مرغم ← مطار آل مكتوم: 17 دقيقة (9 نوفمبر 2025)"
     },
     "fr": {
      "k": "Temps de vol mesuré",
      "v": "Margham → DWC : 17 minutes (9 nov. 2025)"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "Gemessene Flugzeit",
      "v": "Margham → DWC: 17 Minuten (9. Nov. 2025)"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "实测飞行时间",
      "v": "Margham → DWC：17 分钟（2025-11-09）"
     }
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   {
    "id": "aircraft_speed",
    "k": "Aircraft speed",
    "v": "Joby S4 — up to 200 mph, 100 miles range",
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     "ar": {
      "k": "سرعة الطائرة",
      "v": "جوبي S4 — حتى 320 كم/س، مدى 160 كم"
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      "k": "Vitesse de l’appareil",
      "v": "Joby S4 — jusqu’à 320 km/h, autonomie 160 km"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "Fluggerät",
      "v": "Joby S4 — bis 320 km/h, 160 km Reichweite"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "机型性能",
      "v": "Joby S4 — 最高约 320 公里/小时，续航约 160 公里"
     }
    }
   },
   {
    "id": "commercial_routes_flying",
    "k": "Commercial routes flying",
    "v": "None yet (as of 22 Aug 2026)",
    "i18n": {
     "ar": {
      "k": "مسارات تجارية تعمل",
      "v": "لا شيء بعد (حتى 22 أغسطس 2026)"
     },
     "fr": {
      "k": "Lignes commerciales actives",
      "v": "Aucune (au 22 août 2026)"
     },
     "de": {
      "k": "Aktive kommerzielle Strecken",
      "v": "Keine (Stand 22. Aug. 2026)"
     },
     "zh": {
      "k": "运营中的商业航线",
      "v": "暂无（截至 2026-08-22）"
     }
    }
   }
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