By Olivia Bugault

 

Airbus SE (AIR.FR), Aeroports de Paris (ADP.FR) and state-owned public transport operator RATP Group said Tuesday that they have signed a partnership agreement to explore the integration of flying vehicles into urban transport.

The three companies, along with the Paris Ile-de-France region and the French civil aviation authority, have announced the launch a feasibility study to demonstrate a system of vertical take-off and landing for vehicles for the 2024 Olympic Games that will take place in Paris, they said.

 

Write to Olivia Bugault at olivia.bugault@dowjones.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

June 18, 2019 06:04 ET (10:04 GMT)

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