China’s Heli-Eastern places order of 100 Lilium aircraft

Shenzhen Eastern General Aviation (Heli-Eastern) has placed an order of 100 Lilium Jets, on the backdrop of Lilium signing an MOU with the Bao’an District of Shenzhen municipality for the opening of a Lilium regional headquarters. Heli-Eastern is a low-altitude general aviation carrier and helicopter service provider in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in China. Upon type-certification of the Lilium Jet, Heli-Eastern will operate the aircraft in the region and provide crewing and maintenance services. Excited by Lilium’s expansion in China, Klaus Roewe, Chief Executive, Lilium said: “We see significant potential for Lilium’s eVTOL network in the Greater Bay