Volocopter, Jet Systems Partner “For eVTOL Operations in France”

Ger­man-based eVTOL com­pa­ny, Volo­copter, and Jet Sys­tems Héli­cop­tères Ser­vices, announced this week a part­ner­ship to bring eVTOL air­craft ser­vices to France, reports a press release.  

This long-term agree­ment includes an ini­tial deliv­ery of two VoloC­i­ty air taxis after it is cer­ti­fied under EASA. Volo­copter will also con­tribute its exper­tise in prod­uct, main­te­nance, pilot train­ing and VoloIQ, the dig­i­tal back­bone of fleet man­age­ment and oper­a­tions. 

Jet Sys­tems is to pro­vide gen­er­al air­line ser­vices, includ­ing secur­ing per­son­nel (ground crew, pilots, and main­te­nance), while liais­ing with cities and infra­struc­ture part­ners to secure oper­a­tions. 

The release explains, “The ser­vices are set to begin in Paris, where Euro­pean and French author­i­ties have an estab­lished and approved net­work of eVTOL flight routes and infra­struc­ture.” 

This secu­ri­ty comes from many years of col­lab­o­ra­tion with Groupe ADP and mul­ti­ple dis­cus­sions with the Direc­tion Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC), ensur­ing the safe­ty of eVTOLs both in the air and on the ground. 

The part­ner­ship will then extend to France’s south­west and south­east regions, to cap­i­talise on Jet System’s proven heli­copter routes which cur­rent­ly serve up to 15,000 pas­sen­gers per year. 

Andreas Fehring, MD and COO of Volo­copter, com­ment­ed, “With 75 per­cent of our EASA audits com­plet­ed, Volo­copter is close to achiev­ing VoloCity’s EASA cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, to meet our cus­tomers’ expec­ta­tions and cities’ com­mit­ments to bring sus­tain­able mobil­i­ties into ser­vice.”

Andreas Fehring

Michel Moulin, CEO of Jet Sys­tems Héli­cop­tères Ser­vices, added, “We are delight­ed to part­ner with Volo­copter to offer safe, respon­si­ble, and envi­ron­men­tal­ly friend­ly mobil­i­ty solu­tions while min­imis­ing the impact on local com­mu­ni­ties in Paris.”

He con­tin­ued, “Users will be able to expe­ri­ence Paris from a new per­spec­tive and trav­el more effi­cient­ly. The JSHS teams have joined forces with Volo­copter to pro­vide our cus­tomers with an inno­v­a­tive ser­vice tai­lored to their needs, dri­ven by a shared goal: cus­tomer sat­is­fac­tion and envi­ron­men­tal preser­va­tion.”

While it is great to receive an upbeat press release from Volo­copter, it only adds con­fu­sion to the company’s present finan­cial sit­u­a­tion. One minute the Ger­man oper­a­tion is mov­ing into insol­ven­cy and the next, it is col­lab­o­rat­ing with a respect­ed and suc­cess­ful part­ner. Which pos­es the ques­tion: Is Geely about to take Volo­copter over? 

For more infor­ma­tion

https://www.volocopter.com/en

https://www.jshs.fr/

(Top image: The Part­ner­ship Agree­ment Cer­e­mo­ny — Cred­it: Volocopter/Jet Sys­tems)

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