eVTOL Jet: How Lilium Is Shaking Up The Air Mobility Market

Lilium has made serious advancements across the aviation spectrum. 
Since its founding in 2015, Lilium has become a force to be reckoned with in the eVTOL and air mobility space. The German company's rise was exemplified at the Farnborough Airshow, where it landed a series of partnerships with key players across the aviation industry. Amid this progress, Simple Flying spoke with Lilium SVP of Business Sebastien Borel about the company’s journey.
Deal after deal
Even before FIA 2022, Lilium had made agreements with a robust list of partners, including Azul, Honeywell, Expliseat, Livent, Aernnova, ABB, NetJets, and Ferrovial. As the airshow got underway, the firm added Bristow Group to the expansive list. The two companies signed a strategic partnership agreement that would see Bristow purchase 50 Lilium Jets while providing maintenance services for Lilium's launch network across the United States and Europe.
Following this initiative, Belgium's ASL Group signed an agreement to take on six Lilium eVTOL jets in a bid to offer a more sustainable travel option. The very next day, it was announced that Norway's AAP Aviation would acquire 40 Lilium aircraft in a move that could see an overhaul to short-haul Scandinavian travel.
Lilium highlights that its electric jet engines rely on a single "stage" rotor/stator system driven by an electric motor with no emissions. The electric jet engines are integrated into the wing flaps and offer benefits when it comes to “payload, aerodynamic efficiency and a lower noise profile.” They also provide thrust vector control to move the plane through every phase of flight.