Passenger drones will start flying for real in summer 2017

If you make it to Dubai this summer, you might have the chance to catch a brand new type of self-driving vehicle. One that flies.

At today's World Government Summit, the head of the city's Roads & Transportation Agency, Mattar al-Tayer, announced plans to introduce a passenger-carrying drone service. The one-person drones could be ferrying commuters between predetermined checkpoints by July; the agency showed off the vehicle at an event, according to an AP report.    

"This is not only a model," al-Tayer said. "We have actually experimented with this vehicle flying in Dubai's skies." Read more...