Lilium signs with Benelux-based ASL Group for six Lilium Pioneer Edition Jets

Lil­i­um has signed an agree­ment with Benelux-based busi­ness jet oper­a­tor ASL Group for the deliv­ery of six Lil­i­um Pio­neer Edi­tion Jets, which includes deposit pay­ments and con­verts an ear­li­er mem­o­ran­dum of under­stand­ing between the two com­pa­nies, dis­closed last year dur­ing the Farn­bor­ough Inter­na­tion­al Air­show.

ASL Group is a lead­ing busi­ness jet oper­a­tor in the Benelux and the own­er of the first elec­tric air­craft in Bel­gium. ASL Group intends to man­age and oper­ate the air­craft for its cus­tomers as part of a sus­tain­able, high-speed net­work con­nect­ing major hubs across Bel­gium, Nether­lands, Lux­em­bourg, and West­ern Ger­many.

Philippe Bod­son, own­er and CEO of ASL Group said: “Our com­pa­ny is con­stant­ly seek­ing new ways to oper­ate respon­si­bly and con­tribute to a healthy future, both social­ly and eco­log­i­cal­ly.

“The Lil­i­um Jet is a great oppor­tu­ni­ty to pro­vide bet­ter val­ue to our cus­tomers in a sus­tain­able way. With zero oper­at­ing emis­sions, ver­ti­cal take-off land­ing capa­bil­i­ty, and a spa­cious pre­mi­um cab­in, Lil­i­um rep­re­sents the best option on the mar­ket.”

Lil­i­um CEO Klaus Roewe added: “The con­ver­sion of our MOU with ASL shows the strength of our con­tin­ued part­ner­ship. ASL Group is a tru­ly inno­v­a­tive com­pa­ny with a vision to pro­vide the best ser­vices for its cus­tomers.

“With the high­est pop­u­la­tion den­si­ty in Europe, Benelux rep­re­sents a per­fect case for the Lil­i­um Jet, with its expect­ed high aero­dy­nam­ic per­for­mance and low noise pro­file. We are proud to sup­port ASL’s devel­op­ment in the region.”

ASL Group is one of Europe’s lead­ing busi­ness jet man­age­ment and oper­a­tor com­pa­nies, hav­ing offices and bases in most Bel­gian and Dutch air­ports. The group built its rep­u­ta­tion on excel­lence, effi­cien­cy, and safe­ty. It man­ages and oper­ates more than 45 air­craft and offers oth­er busi­ness avi­a­tion-relat­ed ser­vices.

In Novem­ber 2022, Lil­i­um announced the pric­ing of a $119 mil­lion cap­i­tal raise from exist­ing share­hold­ers, new investors, and strate­gic part­ners, which include Hon­ey­well and Aci­tur­ri as well as LGT and its affil­i­at­ed impact investor Lightrock, Ten­cent, B Riley Secu­ri­ties and affil­i­ates.

Lil­i­um Announces $119M Cap­i­tal Raise to Con­tin­ue Devel­op­ment of New Elec­tric Air­craft