Volar Air Mobility and Etihad Aviation Training LLC sign MoU on advanced electric aircraft operations

Volar Air Mobil­i­ty and Eti­had Avi­a­tion Train­ing LLC have signed a Mem­o­ran­dum of Under­stand­ing to strength­en coop­er­a­tion in the field of advanced elec­tric air­craft oper­a­tions.

The MOU was signed at ICAO’s AAM Sym­po­sium, which took place in Mon­tre­al, Cana­da, last week. The two com­pa­nies aim to opti­mize the use of both par­ties’ capa­bil­i­ties and exper­tise through the exchange of infor­ma­tion and joint ini­tia­tives in areas of mutu­al inter­est, advanc­ing the UAE’s avi­a­tion sec­tor.

This includes a focus on research and devel­op­ment (R&D) in elec­tric air­craft oper­a­tions, inno­v­a­tive sus­tain­abil­i­ty projects and reg­u­la­to­ry engage­ment with UAE author­i­ties.

Saif Aldar­ma­ki, Found­ing Part­ner of Volar Air Mobil­i­ty Indus­tries, said: “This agree­ment with Eti­had Avi­a­tion Train­ing rep­re­sents a sig­nif­i­cant step for­ward in our mis­sion to rev­o­lu­tion­ize air mobil­i­ty. By work­ing togeth­er, we will push the bound­aries of what’s pos­si­ble in elec­tric avi­a­tion and pave the way for a green­er, more effi­cient future.”

Mr. Anwar Hus­sein, Man­ag­ing Part­ner and Co-Founder of Volar Air Mobil­i­ty Indus­tries, added: “The col­lab­o­ra­tion with EAT is a pow­er­ful exam­ple of how strate­gic part­ner­ships can sup­port the UAE’s ambi­tious sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals.

“Through our com­bined efforts, we aim to dri­ve the devel­op­ment of sus­tain­able air mobil­i­ty solu­tions that will ben­e­fit both the UAE and the glob­al avi­a­tion com­mu­ni­ty.”

This col­lab­o­ra­tion aligns with the UAE’s Net Zero by 2050 agen­da, pro­mot­ing advanced air mobil­i­ty solu­tions that con­tribute to the nation’s sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals.

Pao­lo La Cava, CEO of Eti­had Avi­a­tion Train­ing LLC, said:  “This MOU under­scores our com­mit­ment to dri­ving inno­va­tion and sus­tain­abil­i­ty in the avi­a­tion indus­try. Our part­ner­ship with Volar Air Mobil­i­ty will enable us to explore new avenues for advanced elec­tric air­craft oper­a­tions, align­ing with the UAE’s vision for a sus­tain­able future.”

Volar Air Mobil­i­ty is a pio­neer­ing com­pa­ny in advanced air mobil­i­ty solu­tions, ded­i­cat­ed to devel­op­ing sus­tain­able avi­a­tion tech­nolo­gies that shape the future of air trav­el.

The com­pa­ny holds exclu­sive com­mer­cial­iza­tion rights for the RX-series Elec­tric Air­craft and is com­mit­ted to fos­ter­ing sus­tain­abil­i­ty in avi­a­tion through inno­va­tion and col­lab­o­ra­tion.

While Eti­had Avi­a­tion Train­ing LLC is a lead­ing avi­a­tion train­ing orga­ni­za­tion in the UAE, offer­ing state-of-the-art train­ing solu­tions for pilots, cab­in crew, and avi­a­tion pro­fes­sion­als. As part of Abu Dhabi’s avi­a­tion ecosys­tem, EAT is com­mit­ted to advanc­ing the avi­a­tion indus­try through inno­va­tion and excel­lence.

The MoU sign­ing was also wit­nessed by HE Saif Mohammed Al Suwai­di Direc­tor Gen­er­al — UAE Gen­er­al Civ­il Avi­a­tion Author­i­ty, and HE. Mohammed Abdul­la Al Sala­mi, Chair­man of Fujairah Depart­ment of Civ­il Avi­a­tion.