Aircraft
Aerostructures Group Diversifies into eVTOL Aircraft Sector
Hit hard by Covid's impact on the air transport sector, Spanish aerostructures specialist Aciturri has begun a risk-sharing partnership with Lilium.
Aciturri will build primary structures for Lilium's new eVTOL aircraft at its composites plant at Boecillo in Spain. (Photo: Aciturri)
Aciturri will build primary structures for Lilium's new eVTOL aircraft at its composites plant at Boecillo in Spain. (Photo: Aciturri)

Spanish aerostructures specialist Aciturri started talks with eVTOL aircraft developer Lilium over a possible collaboration before the Covid pandemic cast a dark shadow over its core business supporting leading airliner manufacturers including Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer. The move proved prescient, opening an opportunity to diversify Aciturri's activities in the dynamic advanced air mobility sector, which seems immune from the virus’s stultifying effect on the air transport sector.