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Eve Air Mobility, Flynas Sign MOU “to Propel eVTOL Advancements in Saudi Arabia”

Eve Air Mobil­i­ty and Fly­nas, a glob­al low-cost air­line based in the Mid­dle East, recent­ly announced a Mem­o­ran­dum of Under­stand­ing (MOU) “to explore the future of eVTOL air­craft oper­a­tions in Sau­di Ara­bia,” reports a press release. The col­lab­o­ra­tion will inves­ti­gate the pos­si­bil­i­ty of start­ing eVTOL oper­a­tions in Riyadh and Jed­dah dur­ing 2026.

The agree­ment con­tributes to Sau­di Arabia’s avi­a­tion indus­try by build­ing and sup­port­ing the future local ecosys­tem for elec­tric flights. The part­ner­ship will also con­tribute to the Vision 2030 sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals and the ambi­tious tar­gets in the avi­a­tion sec­tor.

Johann Bor­dais, CEO of Eve, com­ment­ed, “This part­ner­ship rep­re­sents not only a mile­stone in our shared vision for sus­tain­able air trav­el but also a com­mit­ment to shap­ing a more effi­cient, eco-friend­ly and acces­si­ble trans­porta­tion land­scape. We look for­ward to embark­ing on this ground­break­ing jour­ney with fly­nas as we join forces to advance the future of air mobil­i­ty in Sau­di Ara­bia.”

Ban­der Almo­han­na, CEO and MD of Fly­nas, added, “We are pleased to explore the sus­tain­able solu­tions with Eve Air Mobil­i­ty as a pio­neer­ing com­pa­ny in this field, in line with Fly­nas’ strat­e­gy to adopt ini­tia­tives with sus­tain­able impact on the envi­ron­ment, soci­ety, and econ­o­my in par­al­lel with the nation­al goals to neu­tral­ize green­house gas emis­sions by 2060.”

Ban­der Almo­han­na

Back­ground

Since its launch in 2007, Fly­nas has trans­port­ed more than 60 mil­lion pas­sen­gers. Recent­ly in 2023, the com­pa­ny was ranked by Sky­trax as the world’s fourth best low-cost air­line and award­ed best low-cost Air­line in the Mid­dle East for the sixth time in a row.

Fly­nas oper­ates over 1,500 week­ly flights to more than 70 domes­tic and inter­na­tion­al des­ti­na­tions. This col­lab­o­ra­tion will pro­vide trav­ellers with anoth­er option for urban trans­porta­tion while affirm­ing the com­pa­nies’ com­mit­ment to shap­ing the future of elec­tric avi­a­tion and deliv­er­ing effi­cient, safe and sus­tain­able trans­porta­tion to the region.

For more infor­ma­tion

https://eveairmobility.com/

https://www.flynas.com/en

(Top image: Eve Air Mobil­i­ty)

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