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CEBU CITY --- Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility, LLC, Embraer company and Ascent Flights Global Ltd. deepened their partnership to develop a robust Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ecosystem in the Asia Pacific region, to operate 100 air taxis, the transportation of the future.
According to Eve Urban Mobility that beginning in 2026, it will provide Ascent with up to 100,000 hours of flight time per year on its electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, also known in the market as EVA (Electrical Vertical Aircraft), for use in key cities such as Bangkok (Thailand), Manila (Philippines), Melbourne (Australia), Singapore, and Tokyo (Japan).
“Ascent is one of the greatest players of Urban Air Mobility in the Asia Pacific and its strong presence in the region makes it an ideal partner for Eve’s operations. The region holds a massive demand for transportation disruption that can be filled with our low-emission aircraft. This is the right recipe for sustainable growth,” Eve president and CEO Andre Stein said.
Stein bared that Eve plans to
deploy up to 100 aircraft to be marketed by Ascent on its current and future
routes. Ascent, which acts as an
independent on-demand platform, will pay for flight time utilized on Eve’s
aircraft while operating in combination with partners in the Asia Pacific and
other markets.
This new agreement signed on August 24, 2021 is part of Eve´s comprehensive UAM strategy to position the company as a leader in the industry, Stein added and that the deployment of Eve aircraft across the Ascent network is subject to the parties entering into definitive final agreements.
Backed by Embraer’s more than 50-year history
of aircraft manufacturing and certification expertise, Eve unveils a unique
value proposition by offering a comprehensive suite of UAM products and
services, Stein said.
In parallel, Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (UATM) project reached a new milestone in its collaboration with the United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to develop a scalable environment needed to host UAM flights, Stein said.
“Eve’s innovative technology, combined with its manufacturing expertise and global servicing footprint through Embraer, comfort us in bringing a solution fitting the region’s complex requirements,” Ascent Founder and CEO Lionel Sinai- SineInikoff bared.
Sinelnikoff said that with
Ascent operating system onboarding Eve’s fleet and connected to Eve’s UATM, air
operator partners will be empowered to elevate UAM operations at scale.
The partners for future’s massive urban air mobility
Embraer is a global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil, Embraer has businesses in Commercial and Executive Aviation, Defense & Security, and Agricultural Aviation. Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 8,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 145 million passengers a year.
Eve is a new, independent company dedicated to accelerating the global Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ecosystem. Benefitting from a startup mindset, backed by Embraer’s more than 50-year history of aerospace expertise, its singular focus takes a comprehensive approach to the UAM industry by providing a holistic ecosystem.
Its advanced electric vertical aircraft (EVA), coupled with its comprehensive global services and support network, and a unique air traffic management solution make it a serious contender in this space. Eve is the first company to graduate from EmbraerX.
Ascent ambitions to democratize Air Mobility, as a convenient, reliable mode of mobility that addresses congestion, connectivity, environmental sustainability, and health issues generated by rapid urbanization and the pandemic. Ascent is operational in Southeast Asia and waiting for eVTOLs, Ascent makes use of helicopters and planes today. (Photos: Embraer/Google Images)
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