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Bristow Doubles Down on Fleet Electrification with Another eVTOL Order
The helicopter operator is partnering with Eve Urban Air Mobility and has said it will buy up to 100 of the Embraer subsidiary's new four-passenger eVTOL aircraft.
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Helicopter group Bristow has committed to buying up to 100 of Eve's four-passenger eVTOL aircraft. (Image: Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions)

Helicopter operator Bristow today rolled out yet another element of its expansion into the advanced air mobility (AAM) sector, announcing a partnership with Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU), Bristow will work with the Embraer subsidiary to develop an air operator’s certificate (AOCs) for Eve’s four-passenger eVTOL aircraft and has also committed to buying up 100 of the new model, with deliveries to begin in 2026.

Over the past month, Bristow has made provisional commitments to buy up to 200 electric aircraft that in some cases will replace rotorcraft now in its fleet. On August 26, it agreed to take 50 of Electra Aero’s eSTOL model, and on September 21 it committed to take 50 of Vertical Aerospace’s VA-X4 eVTOL model, which competes directly with the Eve aircraft and is expected to enter service two years earlier in 2024.