The French government made an official statement on Tuesday experimental air taxi flights during Olympic Games in Paris, which will begin on July 26 and end on August 11, an initiative that could paralyze the capital’s city council in court.

Manufactured by a German company. Volocopterwhich produces the model’Volatility‘The electric plane has two seats – one for the driver – and will fly on an experimental basis on three lines in and around Paris during the Games.

At the moment, it is known that one of them will depart from a barge installed in the Seine near the Austerlitz station (south-east) to the Issy-les-Moulineaux helipad (south-west).

Despite the approval of the French government, which officially published the decision in the official state bulletin, these flights They do not have European Aviation Safety Agency approval. (AESA) to be able to function properly, so they will only do this on an experimental basis, from 8:00 to 17:00.

For this reason, air taxis will not be able to charge a fee for their services at the moment. It is assumed that a flight on such a device It can vary from 105 to 140 euros.

However, the Paris City Council considers the initiative an “environmental aberration” and is considering going to court to stop it.

“This government has no legitimacy to go against what was decided in plenary session of the city council,” mobility council member David Belliard told France Bleu, alluding to the opposition to the project shown by city hall.

EFE