"打飛的"夢想即將成真:空客攜優步推出專機服務

European aerospace giant Airbus Group SE will cooperate with US ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc to provide on-demand flights with its H125 and H130 helicopters, Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders said.

歐洲航空巨頭空中客車集團首席執行官湯姆·恩德斯表示，該公司將與美國打車服務公司優步科技展開合作，通過空客H125和H130直升機爲用戶提供"專機"服務。

The service will be first tested at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, which starts Jan 21, Enders told a technology conference in Munich yesterday. The project aims to make helicopter flights available to a wider audience, he said.

恩德斯昨日在慕尼黑舉行的一次科技會議上表示，這項服務將於本月21日首先在猶他州帕克城的聖丹斯電影節上測試。他同時表示，該項目主旨是要使直升機航班對更多用戶來說具有可行性。

The cooperation with Uber comes as Airbus's Enders seeks to push innovation at the Toulouse, France-based company that makes everything from civil airplanes to military transporters. Airbus has armed its Silicon Valley branch with US$150 million in venture capital to invest in promising aerospace startups around the world.

此次與Uber的合作，正值恩德斯希望推進空客創新之際。這家總部位於法國圖盧茲的公司將會在民航和軍用運輸領域進行全面的推進。此外，空客還通過其硅谷分公司發起了1.5億美元風險投資基金，專門投資世界各地有前景的航空創業公司。

Neither Uber nor Airbus disclosed how much a helicopter ride share might cost - but given the method of transportation it's likely to be a pretty penny.

優步和空客均未透露打一次"飛的"需花費多少錢，不過考慮到使用的交通工具，很可能價格不菲。