08:16 AM EDT, 08/15/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Joby Aviation ( JOBY ) shares were higher premarket Friday after the company said it completed a first flight between two US airports in airspace controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration.

The company said it operated a 12-minute flight traveling 10 nautical miles between Marina and Monterey airports in California.

The flight marks the first instance in which a piloted electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi has flown from one public airport to another, Joby Aviation ( JOBY ) said.