Lilium has started taking pre-delivery payments from early customers for its eVTOL aircraft as it budgets for a busy and capital-intensive 2023, during which it intends to build the first full-scale preproduction example of its six-passenger Lilium Jet. In a December 6 conference call for investors, the German company said it expects to reach a final agreement with EASA over the means of compliance for its type certificate during the first half of next year as it prepares to start test flights with the aircraft in 2024, en route to planned European type certification in 2025.
On the eve of releasing third-quarter financial results, Lilium announced that private aircraft management and charter group Volare has agreed to add up to 20 of the Lilium Jet eVTOL aircraft to its fleet. The UK company's new eVolare division placed firm orders for 10 of the Lilium Pioneer Edition version of the all-electric aircraft, with options to take another 10.
