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March 8, 2022

Flying taxi company Volocopter hires Airbus’s Hoke as CEO

He says the German startup has no plans for a Spac following its $170m Series E round, with safety certification still two years out


Maija Palmer

4 min read

Dirk Hoke, future CEO of Volocopter, in front of the VoloCity ©Volocopter

Volocopter announced today that Dirk Hoke, former CEO of Airbus Space and Defence, is to become its next CEO, a hiring coup for the German flying taxi company as it battles for regulatory approval and acceptance by the general public.

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