Supply: Lilium
Revolutionizing Regional Air Mobility: Zero-Emission Lilium Jets to Join Key Locations Throughout the French Riviera, Together with Monaco, Good, Cannes, and Marseille
by DRONELIFE Employees Author Ian J. McNabb
Lilium, the German eVTOL (digital Vertical Takeoff and Touchdown) jet developer, not too long ago introduced a partnership with Italian vertiport community operator UrbanV and Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur (ACA), supervisor of France’s second largest airport, Good – Côte d’Azur, alongside Cannes Mandelieu airport and Golfe de Saint-Tropez airport, to carry eVTOL Lilium jet flights to the south of France starting in 2026. This new community will span the French Riviera with key locations all through Southern France together with Monaco, Good, Cannes, Golfe de Saint-Tropez, Aix-en-Provence, and Marseille.
This deal will leverage UrbanV’s current infrastructure of vertiports within the area, together with at Good- Côte d’Azur, Cannes Mandelieu, and Golfe de Saint-Tropez, with extra locations like Sophia Antipolis, Aix-en-Provence, and Marseille to be serviced by future companions.
Providing a brand new transportation mode to the area, which already welcomes over 11 million guests a yr, represents an thrilling alternative for Lilium, who say their zero-emission, low-noise possibility supplies a compelling different to a helicopter. UrbanV’s vertiports, designed and operated sustainably, add to the Lilium jet’s environmental benefit.
Franck Goldnadel, Chairman of the Board, Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur, mentioned, “This collaboration with Lilium together with our subsidiary UrbanV marks an important step in the transformation and decarbonization of regional air mobility. Our territory offers a unique opportunity to fly over the sea to directly connect the main economic, cultural or tourist destinations. A complementary alternative to the helicopter, the eVTOL has its place in the air transport offered from Nice Côte d’Azur, laboratory of the airport of tomorrow, second platform in France and gateway to and exit from a landlocked territory.”
Carlo Tursi, CEO at UrbanV, commented, “At UrbanV, we aim to improve people’s lives by enabling a fast, efficient, safe, and clean alternative to existing transport solutions for people and goods over short distances, by air. We have the ambition to become a major global operator of vertiport networks and we will be global pioneers in establishing some of the first AAM routes worldwide. We are excited to partner with Lilium and Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur, two global leaders in their respective fields, and we look forward to exploring together with them the great potential of introducing advanced air mobility in the French Riviera.”
Sebastien Borel, CCO of Lilium, added, “As a truly European company based in Munich, Germany, with flight testing in Spain and with nascent roots in France, Lilium is extremely proud to be able to assist in the creation of the first regional eVTOL network in the South of France and the first commercially viable network in the EU. We see an enormous potential in this region and cannot wait to see our Lilium Jet fly there soon.”
In different Lilium information in Europe, UK-based jet operator, eVolare, has signed a purchase order settlement for 4 Lilium Jets, with an extra reservation of 12 jets. eVolare plans to function Lilium Jets within the London space, connecting London with outer cities and the coastal areas of England.
Lilium has additionally introduced an expanded partnership with Luxaviation Group, one of many largest enterprise plane and helicopter operators worldwide, to create electrified floor infrastructure for the Lilium Jets. Beginning in key European markets reminiscent of France, additionally they have websites deliberate for the Center East.
Extra info on the Lilium jet and the brand new community in France is obtainable right here.
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Miriam McNabb is the Editor-in-Chief of DRONELIFE and CEO of JobForDrones, an expert drone companies market, and a fascinated observer of the rising drone trade and the regulatory surroundings for drones. Miriam has penned over 3,000 articles centered on the industrial drone house and is a world speaker and acknowledged determine within the trade. Miriam has a level from the College of Chicago and over 20 years of expertise in excessive tech gross sales and advertising for brand new applied sciences.
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