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Embraer Lays Plans for Melbourne Air Taxi Operations with Australian Partner
Embraer's new Eve subsidiary will work with Airservices Australia on an air taxi operational plan while it develops its eVTOL aircraft.
Embraer Eve eVTOL in Melbourne
EmbraerX's Eve subsidiary views Melbourne, Australia, as a likely early adopter location for urban air mobility services. (Image: EmbraerX)

EmbraerX’s new Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions subsidiary is to partner with Airservices Australia to further develop the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer’s proposed concept of operations (Conops) for eVTOL air taxi services. The partners will also collaborate on providing the urban air traffic management solutions that they say will be needed to support these operations.

The Conops developed so far by EmbraerX have been conceived initially for plans to introduce urban air mobility (UAM) to Australia. The company, which is Embraer’s advanced technology incubator division, has used the city of Melbourne as a model.