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The goal they are working to is that there won't be anybody flying them.
This applies to traditional passenger jets and evtol.
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I see your point, but this likely assumes a min. of four passengers. Assuming a modest 30 miles are flown per hour, this gives $4/mile x 4 pax 30 miles x 8 hrs = $3,840 per day. Obviously there is maintence, fees & fuel. I don't have a feel for on whether or not that's profitable, but feels like it could be. 30 miles could also be conservative, I'm not sure.
Stonehedge
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The aim for many eVTOL companies is to keep the cost per passenger mile down towards that of a taxi: https://www.aviationtoday.com/2021/04/09/air-taxis-likely-to-not-deploy-in-early-to-mid-2020s-as-predicted-report-says/ . Lots of the big players are quoting around $4 per passenger mile.
There is also the community noise factor which will impact public acceptance, eVTOL a/c should be perceived quieter than a helicopter. Current helicopter are too noisy to make many flights a day, there are metrics such as Sound Exposure Level (SEL) which dictate how many flights can be made per day.