Lilium, Italian vertiport company UrbanV and Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur are to build and operate a network of routes for the Jet eVTOL in the South of France starting in 2026.
The network will connect Nice Côte d’Azur airport with destinations throughout Southern France including Monaco, Nice, Cannes, Golfe de Saint-Tropez, Toulon, Aix-en-Provence, and Marseille.
Lilium is also discussing with other partners in the region to build more vertiports in Monaco, Sophia Antipolis, Aix-en-Provence, Toulon, and Marseille. These are expected to be concluded before the end of the year.
Franck Goldnadel, chairman of the Board, Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur said, “This collaboration with Lilium together with our subsidiary UrbanV marks an important step in the transformation and decarbonization of regional air mobility.
“Our territory can directly connect to the main economic, cultural or tourist destinations. A complementary alternative to the helicopter, the eVTOL has its place in the air transport offered from Nice Côte d’Azur, laboratory of the airport of tomorrow, second platform in France and gateway to and exit from a landlocked territory.”
Carlo Tursi, CEO at UrbanV said, “We have the ambition to become a major global operator of vertiport networks and we will be global pioneers in establishing some of the first AAM routes worldwide.”
Sebastien Borel, CCO of Lilium said, “As a truly European company based in Munich, Germany, with flight testing in Spain and with nascent roots in France, Lilium is extremely proud to be able to assist in the creation of the first regional eVTOL network in the South of France and the first commercially viable network in the EU. We see an enormous potential in this region and cannot wait to see our Lilium Jet fly there soon.”
