FIA 2026: Megha Bhatia of Eve Air Mobility Highlights $14B Backlog and New Commercial Commitments

At the Farn­bor­ough Air Show 2026, Eve Air Mobil­i­ty’s Chief Com­mer­cial Offi­cer, Megha Bha­tia, shared major updates regard­ing the com­pa­ny’s eVTOL air­craft pro­gram.

Fol­low­ing an ini­tial 59 suc­cess­ful hov­er flights, Eve has reini­ti­at­ed its flight test cam­paign to pre­pare for the upcom­ing tran­si­tion phase.

The com­pa­ny is lever­ag­ing its strong back­ing from Embraer to incor­po­rate proven fly-by-wire tech­nol­o­gy, cer­ti­fi­ca­tion exper­tise, and glob­al ser­vice capa­bil­i­ties. Eve main­tains an indus­try-lead­ing back­log of 2,700 eVTOLs val­ued at $14 bil­lion across air­lines, heli­copter oper­a­tors, busi­ness avi­a­tion, and lessors.

Com­mer­cial dis­cus­sions have shift­ed toward real-world oper­a­tions, focus­ing on safe­ty, effi­cien­cy, and prof­itabil­i­ty.

Look­ing ahead, Eve plans to com­plete tran­si­tion flight test­ing and begin assem­bling six con­form­ing pro­to­types in late 2026 to sup­port its cer­ti­fi­ca­tion cam­paign for a pro­ject­ed 2028 entry into ser­vice.