Joby Aviation (JOBY) is manufacturing eVTOL aircraft designed to carry four passengers plus a pilot, and could be first to carry paying passengers under the White House-backed eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP). The company has logged more than 50,000 miles, flown an FAA-conforming aircraft in preparation for certification testing, and demonstrated routes in Texas, California and New York. It is working through the fifth and final stage of FAA type certification, and management targets its first passengers before the end of 2026 without guarantee. The author says Joby already has paying customers through Blade, the helicopter passenger business it acquired in 2025, which generated about $36 million of Joby's roughly $39 million Q2 2026 revenue and provides route and pricing data. The author says they would consider buying the stock, while acknowledging that demand for its services is uncertain.
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