Eve Guarantees eVTOL Flight Hours to Flapper Charter Platform in Latin America
Embraer’s Eve subsidiary aims to provide on-demand charter broker Flapper with up to 25,000 hours of flight time in its planned eVTOL aircraft across several Latin American cities.
Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions and private on-demand charter broker Flapper plan to enter a partnership to serve as a proof-of-concept for future operations of Eve’s eVTOL aircraft. In a deal announced on July 22, Eve says it will provide up to 25,000 hours of flight time per year across key cities in South America, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte in Brazil, the Chilean capital Santiago; Bogotá in Colombia; and Mexico City.
Initially, the parties plan to use helicopter charter services to collect data to support the development of eVTOL air taxi networks. The agreement could result in as many as 25 of Eve's eVTOL aircraft, which the company refers to as Electric Vertical Aircraft (EVA).
