Fraport and Lilium to collaborate on eVTOL network development

Airport operator Fraport and eVTOL developer Lilium have formed a strategic partnership to collaborate on required planning and approval steps for infrastructure to implement commercial eVTOL operations at airports. “In this collaborative endeavour, our focus is on examining the impact of eVTOLs on airport infrastructure.” said Fraport senior executive vice president aviation Alexander Laukenmann. The companies plan to analyse future mobility concepts for vertiport (eVTOL landing and take-off platform) networks that are suitable for electric aircraft. Fraport and Lilium will also examine how future vertiport concepts for this type of mobility could look like, especially at and around airports. “Our