Lufthansa & Lilium Partner to Explore AAM in Europe

Lufthansa Group and Lilium plan to explore innovation opportunities in aviation, discussing areas such as ground and flight operations, future aircraft maintenance, as well as crewing and flight training By Joe Macey / 18 Dec 2023
Lufthansa Group and Lilium Sign MoU for Strategic Partnership
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The Lufthansa Group and Lilium have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore a strategic partnership on eVTOL aircraft operations in Europe. 

The companies want to explore innovation opportunities in aviation, discussing areas such as ground and flight operations, future aircraft maintenance, as well as crewing and flight training.

In a possible strategic partnership, both companies also want to analyze the opportunities for collaboration with third parties like airports and regional partners, for instance on the advancement of infrastructure such as vertiports, airspace integration and the definition of required operation processes.

Dr. Detlef Kayser, Member of the Lufthansa Group’s Executive Board, responsible for Fleet & Technology, said; “Innovation is part of our DNA. The Lufthansa Group aspires to be a global leader in the integration of state-of-the-art products and processes. We want to develop aviation further and drive the transformation of the industry. This Memorandum of Understanding with Lilium will make an important contribution to this. Only with innovation, courage and determination can we, as an industry, make aviation more sustainable and master the challenges of the future.”

Klaus Roewe, CEO of Lilium, commented; “We are delighted that the Lufthansa Group has decided to cooperate with us to jointly advance the future of flying. The Lufthansa Group has been at the forefront of some of Europe’s most important aviation initiatives, especially in the area of environmental sustainability. We are thrilled to explore opportunities to bring eVTOL flights to Lufthansa Group customers.”

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