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Lilium Enlists Ferrovial to Grow Its Air Mobility Network Across Florida
Lilium has previously announced plans for a first vertiport to be built at Lake Nona near Orlando.
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Lilium is working with the Ferrovial group to build a network of 10 or more vertiports for eVTOL aircraft operations across Florida. (Map: Lilium)

Infrastructure operations group Ferrovial is partnering with eVTOL aircraft developer Lilium to develop a network of 10 or more new vertiports across Florida. The venture builds on Lilium’s previously announced plans to launch commercial flights across the state from 2025, starting with a base at the Lake Nona residential and business development near Orlando.

The partners said they will announce the first of several more vertiports sites this Spring and that this is to be in south Florida. The five-seat Lilium Jet can operate across a radius of 185 miles, allowing it to reach many of the more populous areas of the state, including Tampa, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Jacksonville. Having new vertiport locations further south from the Orlando area in central Florida would allow the network to extend across the entire Miami metropolitan area.