“This is a fantastic deal and illustrates just a few of the many geographies that will benefit from eVTOLs in both cargo and personal mobility” said AutoFlight’s president Omer Bay-Yohay. “The team at Evfly has a proven track record in successfully managing freight and cargo businesses and we’re delighted to be partnering with them in what could be one of the first commercial eVTOL operations in the world.”
The partnership is underpinned by Evfly’s comprehensive fleet management service which integrates the latest technology for eVTOL maintenance and operational efficiency. This will provide a unique solution for companies wishing to use eVTOL for commercial or private purposes.
“AutoFlight has a proven aircraft, as demonstrated by their world record flight and thousands of additional flight test miles” added Evfly’s founder and CEO, Yannick Erbs. “They are a natural choice for Evfly, as both parties will bring expertise to the nascent eVTOL cargo and passenger markets.”
The announcement follows AutoFlight’s record breaking 250 kilometre all-electric flight, the world’s longest eVTOL flight in history, on a single charge of the aircraft’s lithium-ion batteries.
The flight, which took place at AutoFlight’s eVTOL testing facility on February 23th, consisted of 20 circuits on a predefined flight track, with the plane remotely piloted from the ground by AutoFlight’s Flight Test team. Interestingly, while AutoFlight’s Gen4 aircraft is fitted with the latest in state-of-the-art avionics, the aircraft also ran third-party avionics to record and verify the distance flown on ForeFlight, an independent system widely used in the aviation sector.
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