---
title: "Uber Air Offers First Look Inside Its Flying Taxi"
description: "## Inside Look"
date: "2019-06-12"
modified: "2019-06-12"
authors:
  - name: "Kristin Houser"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/kristin"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/uber-air-flying-taxi-interior"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "flying taxi"
  - "the digest"
  - "uber air"
---

# Uber Air Offers First Look Inside Its Flying Taxi

![Uber Air has unveiled the first full-scale mock-up of one of the flying taxis it hopes to have ferrying passengers across the skies by 2023.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/uber-air-flying-taxi-interior.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Uber/Victor Tangermann\</em\>*

## Inside Look

When you hail an Uber, you never know what to expect from the interior of your ride.

In flight, though, the ride-hailing app may serve up a more consistent experience.

Uber has been working with French aerospace company Safran to design a bespoke interior for its Uber air taxis, which it hopes to have soaring through the skies [by 2023](<https://www.uber.com/us/en/elevate/uberair/>). On Tuesday, it unveiled the first full-scale mockup of one of those cabins at its Uber Elevate conference — giving us our first inside look at Uber's vision for the future of personal air transportation.

![Uber Air has unveiled the first full-scale mock-up of one of the flying taxis it hopes to have ferrying passengers across the skies by 2023.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/safran-air-taxi-cabin.jpg>)
*Image Credit: Uber / Safran*

## Interior Motives

The sumptuous cabin features an abundance of black and white leather, with two rows of passenger seats accommodating a total of four riders. There's room for luggage behind the second row of seats, and blue lights give the whole interior something of a party-bus vibe.

"Through the process with Uber, we had six full-scale mockups, with multiple iterations in each one, looking at the seats, liners, and window positioning," Safran Cabin's executive vice president Scott Savian said in a [press release](<https://www.safran-group.com/media/safran-and-uber-unveil-full-scale-cabin-mockup-based-vision-demand-urban-air-mobility-vehicle-20190611>).

"We don't want any excess weight or cost, but the mission also requires safety, a comfortable user experience, and a seamlessness of all the user interactions," he continued. "So while the cabin may be minimal in some ways, it's absolutely purpose built to the mission."

![Uber Air has unveiled the first full-scale mock-up of one of the flying taxis it hopes to have ferrying passengers across the skies by 2023.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/UberAir_Safran-Cabin_02-1200x798.jpg>)
*Image Credit: Uber / Safran*

**READ MORE:** [This is what it looks like inside an Uber Air vehicle](<https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/11/this-is-what-it-looks-like-inside-an-uber-air-vehicle/>) \[*TechCrunch*\]

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### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinjhouser>)