(FILES) A Volocopter Volocity air taxi is seen during a demonstration flight at the Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole airfield in Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole, France, on August 8, 2024, to mark the inauguration of the first "vertiport", a takeoff and landing runway for flying taxis. French Council of State on December 18, 2024 put a stop to the experimentation of these devices, already hit by a series of setbacks in recent months. While the highest administrative court, seized in summary proceedings, had given on July 24 a provisional green light to the operation of a take-off and landing platform, called "vertiport", it ended up ruling in favor of the applicants, including the City of Paris. (Photo by Thibaud MORITZ / AFP) (Photo by THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images)