New Delhi (CNN Business) Uber has picked Melbourne as the first city outside the United States to debut its flying taxis.

Test flights in the Australian city will begin by next year and the ride-hailing company is aiming to offer a commercial service from 2023, it announced Tuesday.

"We will see other Australian cities following soon after," Susan Anderson, Uber's regional manager for Australia, said at the company's annual flying car conference in Washington, D.C.

Melbourne will be the third city to host trials of Uber's flying taxis, after Dallas, Texas, and Los Angeles, California. The electric taxis will be flown by a pilot.

An artist's impression of an Uber flying taxi, which the company aims to bring to Melbourne next year.

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