MD Aircraft Signs LOI for 10 MDA1 Aircraft with Makmor To Help Expand Electric Air Mobility in India

MD Air­craft GmbH has signed a Let­ter of Intent (LOI) for the sale of 10 of its MDA1 eVi­a­torTM air­craft to Mak­mor, head­quar­tered in Ban­ga­lore, India.

This agree­ment marks a sig­nif­i­cant step toward expand­ing zero-emis­sion region­al avi­a­tion in the Indi­an mar­ket and fur­ther demon­strates the grow­ing glob­al demand for elec­tric air mobil­i­ty.

The Ger­man com­pa­ny is devel­op­ing zero emis­sion, qui­et and cost-effi­cient elec­tric air­craft for Region­al Air Mobil­i­ty. MD Air­craft’s flag­ship pro­gram, the MDA1 eVi­a­tor, aims to help rede­fine air trav­el with ini­tial flight tests sched­uled in ear­ly 2028, and com­mer­cial cer­ti­fi­ca­tion and entry into ser­vice tar­get­ed for 2030. 

MD Air­craft is part of the MD Group, includ­ing MD Flugzeug­bau and MD Com­pos­ites Tech­nolo­gies GmbH, which has more than 30 years’ expe­ri­ence design­ing, build­ing and cer­ti­fy­ing com­pos­ite air­craft. This includes a decade with elec­tric propul­sion.

Gre­gor Müller, CEO of MD Air­craft GmbH, said: “We are excit­ed to part­ner with Mak­mor and see the MDA1 eVi­a­tor gain­ing broad­er trac­tion in the region­al air mobil­i­ty mar­ket.

“This Let­ter of Intent reflects the increas­ing glob­al inter­est in our all-elec­tric, nine-pas­sen­ger eCSTOL air­craft. We look for­ward to work­ing close­ly with our grow­ing oper­a­tor com­mu­ni­ty to ensure that we meet their mis­sion require­ments and that we move togeth­er toward car­bon-free air trav­el.”

Mak­mor is a dynam­ic firm blend­ing glob­al reach with deep region­al exper­tise. It embod­ies growth, expan­sion and futur­is­tic inno­va­tion, cre­at­ing busi­ness oppor­tu­ni­ties across diverse sec­tors like aero­space, defense, agri­cul­ture, auto­mo­tive, emerg­ing tech­nolo­gies — deliv­er­ing solu­tions that tru­ly trans­form lives. 

Ravi Andrews, Man­ag­ing Part­ner of Mak­mor, added: “MDA’s eVi­a­tor is the ide­al plat­form for us to estab­lish Mak­mor as a sig­nif­i­cant region­al oper­a­tor com­mit­ted to sus­tain­able avi­a­tion.

“Ravi, Mak­mor, lever­ag­ing region­al and glob­al exper­tise — includ­ing pri­or cor­po­rate expe­ri­ence with Hon­ey­well Aero­space and Air­bus Defence & Space — will trans­form green air mobil­i­ty across Indi­an skies.”