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Lilium Works With German Airports to Establish Air Mobility Network
The company has partnered with Dusseldorf and Cologne-Bonn airports to explore ways to integrate its planned eVTOL air taxi services with existing air, road, and rail infrastructure.
Dusseldorf Airport
Dusseldorf Airport is one of two airports in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia state that is working with Lilium to consider options for establishing an air mobility network that would integrate the company's planned air taxi operations with its Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft. [Photo: Dusseldorf Airport]

German eVTOL aircraft developer Lilium is working with the country’s Dusseldorf and Cologne/Bonn airports to explore plans to establish an air mobility network for the North Rhine-Westphalia region. The Munich-based startup says that its all-electric, five-seat Lilium Jet will be ready to enter service in 2025, providing flights of up to around 300 km (186 miles).

The partnership was announced on September 7 with the support of North Rhine-Westphalia’s transportation minister, Hendrik Wust. The state is the most densely populated in Germany with 18 million inhabitants and 10 cities with more than 300,000 residents within a 200 km radius. It is also home to more than 40 universities and colleges, as well as around 30 percent of the largest companies in Germany and four international trade fair venues.