RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Eve, a company formed by Embraer to develop and explore the global urban air mobility (UAM) market, announced a partnership with Microflite, one of Australia’s leading helicopter operators.
Under the agreement, the companies will lay the groundwork for new urban air mobility operations in Australia, scheduled to begin in 2026.
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The plan is to use helicopters as a proof of concept to validate the parameters applied to future electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft operations.
“This partnership also aims to develop new services and procedures that will create a safe and scalable operating environment for EVA [Electrical Vertical Aircraft] operations together with the communities and other industry stakeholders,” it said in a statement.
Microflite had already contributed to Eve since 2019. together with Airservices Australia, it laid the foundation to explore new and practical concepts for safely introducing air cabs in Melbourne.