Lilium signs partnerships with Düsseldorf and Cologne/Bonn Airports to develop regional air mobility network

Lil­i­um has agreed part­ner­ships with Düs­sel­dorf Air­port and Cologne/Bonn Air­port, to explore how both of them can become hubs with­in a region­al air mobil­i­ty net­work in North Rhine-West­phalia, Ger­many’s most dense­ly pop­u­lat­ed state.

The announce­ment made today (Tues­day) in Düs­sel­dorf, was in the pres­ence of the Trans­porta­tion Min­is­ter of North Rhine-West­phalia, Hen­drik Wüst.

And the start-up has said the region is an idea loca­tion for its land­ing sites, espe­cial­ly as there are 10 cities with pop­u­la­tions of over 300,000, 40 uni­ver­si­ties and col­leges and four inter­na­tion­al trade fair loca­tions.

Lil­i­um’s Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer, Dr. Remo Ger­ber, said: “We are excit­ed to bring our inno­v­a­tive ser­vice to North Rhine-West­phalia. Cities such as Aachen, Biele­feld, Mün­ster and Siegen will be direct­ly con­nect­ed to the region’s largest inter­na­tion­al air­ports with­in 30mins, pro­vid­ing emis­sion-free, high-speed con­nec­tiv­i­ty at an afford­able price.

“North Rhine-West­phalia and its air­ports are ide­al part­ners for us to imple­ment this ambi­tious project of the future – we are grate­ful to receive this sup­port from both the Min­istry and our part­ners at the air­ports to imple­ment our vision”.

The two air­ports also rep­re­sent a good start­ing point for the devel­op­ment of net­worked mobil­i­ty, which also includes air taxis, as both have inter­na­tion­al traf­fic hubs with excel­lent con­nec­tions to air, rail and road traf­fic.

The Rhine-Ruhr met­ro­pol­i­tan area is also the largest in Ger­many and the third largest in Europe.

Com­ment­ing on the state’s new part­ner­ship with Lil­i­um, Mr Wüst added: “In the fed­er­al state with the high­est mobil­i­ty needs, smart ideas for bet­ter mobil­i­ty are always wel­come. We need all modes of trans­port in order to pro­vide peo­ple with a con­vinc­ing­ly diverse range of mobil­i­ty options.”

“North Rhine-West­phalia is a mod­el region for the mobil­i­ty of the future. We want dig­i­tal­ly-net­worked mobil­i­ty in North Rhine-West­phalia not only to be researched and devel­oped, but also expe­ri­enced as soon as pos­si­ble. This is why we sup­port and pro­mote many future-ori­ent­ed projects and research projects here.”