Limosa selects AUTOFLUG as seat supplier for its LimoConnect eVTOL aircraft

Cana­di­an eVTOL mak­er Limosa has today con­clud­ed a frame­work agree­ment on the sup­ply of crash-safe­ty seat­ing sys­tems with AUTOFLUG from Ger­many.

A sig­nif­i­cant rea­son for the deci­sion is the low weight and slim­line design of the Fly­weight seat fam­i­ly devel­oped by Aut­oflug that they will be using.

In addi­tion, Limosa has cho­sen a seat that has already fin­ished qual­i­fi­ca­tion, is avail­able on the mar­ket and will also serve the needs for its 1+7‑seater air taxi, mean­ing it is sav­ing time and mon­ey in the devel­op­ment phase.

The options with­in the Fly­weight seat fam­i­ly enable opti­mal use of the cab­in for a wide range of appli­ca­tions — the cab­in lay­out can be adjust­ed to suit the var­i­ous mis­sions of the customer’s flight oper­a­tions in a mat­ter of min­utes thanks to the quick and easy instal­la­tion and removal of indi­vid­ual seats as well as the fold­able the Fly­weight UP seat.

The first deliv­ery for the Limosa Limo­Con­nect is sched­uled for 2028 with a design which includes ver­ti­cal take­off and land­ing, as well as con­ven­tion­al flight. In addi­tion, the Limosa Limo­Con­nect con­cept ini­tial­ly envis­ages flight oper­a­tions tak­ing place with a pilot, but are bank­ing on autonomous flight as soon as this becomes pos­si­ble.

“In Aut­oflug, we are delight­ed to have found a part­ner who, in addi­tion to hav­ing an inno­v­a­tive range of seats, also meets all the rel­e­vant cri­te­ria for us,” explains Dr Hamid Hami­di, CEO at Limosa, refer­ring to the cer­ti­fi­ca­tion already avail­able for the indi­vid­ual seat vari­ants.

In addi­tion, the low weight and design are impor­tant points for pro­mot­ing the pro­gram. “In Limosa, we have been able to get anoth­er big play­er in the eVTOL field of tech­nol­o­gy for our Fly­weight seats,” says Mar­tin Kroell, CEO of Aut­oflug.

“We are look­ing for­ward to this excit­ing project and coop­er­a­tion in the com­ing years. The ini­tial plan for the start of ser­i­al pro­duc­tion is an annu­al capac­i­ty of 2,000 seats in the var­i­ous designs; this will there­after increase sig­nif­i­cant­ly.”