Luxaviation Group to support Lilium’s airline operations, which includes managing pilots for its eVTOL aircraft

Lux­avi­a­tion Group, one of the world’s largest busi­ness air­craft and heli­copter oper­a­tors, will take respon­si­bil­i­ty for Lil­i­um’s air­line oper­a­tions — which includes secur­ing nec­es­sary approvals and man­ag­ing pilots for its sev­en-seater eVTOL air­craft.

Build­ing on Lux­avi­a­tion group’s track record, which includes secur­ing the first Euro­pean Union Avi­a­tion Safe­ty Agency AOC approval for a busi­ness jet oper­a­tor, the pilots will be trained fol­low­ing a type rat­ing con­cept devel­oped by Lufthansa Avi­a­tion Train­ing, anoth­er of Lil­i­um’s part­ners.

The first phase of this bespoke train­ing pro­gramme by Lufthansa will con­sist of bespoke Lil­i­um-type rat­ing train­ing cer­ti­fi­ca­tion for qual­i­fied com­mer­cial pilots.

It will har­ness tech­nolo­gies includ­ing Mixed and Vir­tu­al Real­i­ty (MR/VR), open­ing pos­si­bil­i­ties to recre­ate the pro­gramme world­wide and enabling a sta­ble pipeline of qual­i­fied pilots to sup­port the growth of the com­pa­ny and the indus­try.

Remo Ger­ber, Chief Oper­at­ing Offi­cer at Lil­i­um, said: “We are proud to be work­ing along­side Lux­avi­a­tion Group, a lead­ing oper­a­tor in the avi­a­tion sec­tor with a track record in offer­ing an inno­v­a­tive and cus­tomer-focused ser­vice, to build out the Lil­i­um net­work in Europe.

“This marks a key mile­stone as we pre­pare for launch, and we look for­ward to work­ing togeth­er to pro­vide an excep­tion­al air­line ser­vice for our pas­sen­gers.”

As Lil­i­um con­tin­ues to devel­op­ing its launch net­works in Europe for the planned com­mer­cial launch in 2024, Lux­avi­a­tion Group will also work with Lil­i­um on the devel­op­ment of its best-in-class cus­tomer expe­ri­ence, built around Lilium’s dig­i­tal air­line plat­form and the Lil­i­um Jet.

Christophe Lapierre, Head of Strat­e­gy of Lux­avi­a­tion Group, adds: “We are very pleased to have been select­ed by Lil­i­um to be their part­ner in air­craft oper­a­tions. As an ear­ly believ­er in advanced air mobil­i­ty, we look for­ward to bring­ing our expe­ri­ence and cre­den­tials to the part­ner­ship with Lil­i­um and build­ing out a ser­vice that will tru­ly feel like a first of its kind.”

Lil­i­um has pre­vi­ous­ly announced plans for launch net­works in Ger­many through part­ner­ships with Munich, Nurem­berg, Dus­sel­dorf, and Cologne/Bonn air­ports.