Lilium

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite rose 2.5% during the month of October, a modest result that masks deeper financial strain at many eVTOL startups.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Lilium has announced its decision to file for insolvency under German bankruptcy law for its two principal subsidiaries; the move did not come as a shock.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
While the company has made significant progress in development and was nearing first flight of a production-standard aircraft, it has run out of time and money.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Advanced air mobility startup Lilium plans to file for self-administered insolvency in Germany.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
The advanced air mobility startup has few options left as it urgently seeks fresh funding. A bankruptcy filing has become a more likely scenario.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Lilium is urgently seeking further rescue options after the German budget committee rejected a proposed €50 million loan guarantee for the startup.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Lilium has received initial approval for a €220 million ($240 million) French government support package, industry sources tell Aviation Week.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Miami-based UrbanLink Air Mobility has agreed to purchase 10 Eviation Alice nine-passenger electric aircraft with an option for 10 more.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Lilium “requires additional capital immediately to continue to fund its ongoing operations.”
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
To achieve power-on, Lilium applied 900-volt external power to the aircraft, where it was converted to lower voltage to supply electrical and avionics systems.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Galaxy FBO operates from several airports and heliports in the Houston Area.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Vertical Aerospace says it has enough cash to make it into the second quarter (Q2) of 2025.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The phrase “Valley of Death” describes the stage in which startups have begun operations but don’t yet have customers, and therefore revenues.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Joby was the biggest gainer last week with a nearly 16% increase to $5.53.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Lilium's board turnover comes on the heels of the Bavarian state government clearing the way for a €50 million ($55 million) loan guarantee to support the AAM outfit.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
Volocopter has suffered from delays and financial uncertainty. Its recent board reshuffle moves Chinese investor Geely into a central spot.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Jens Flottau
The Bavarian state government has cleared the way for a €50 million ($55 million) loan guarantee to support advanced air mobility startup Lilium.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
Among air taxi OEMs, Eve Air Mobility was the only gainer, rising around 5% to $2.81.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The AAM Stock Composite soared more than 18% during the week ending Aug. 23.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
Lilium has begun integration testing of the electric power system for the Lilium Jet electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft in a laboratory in Munich.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The gain paled compared to the nearly 4% gain in the S&P 500.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
The 1% weekly gain in the AAM Stock Composite came during a week when the S&P 500 traded flat.
Advanced Air Mobility

Aviation Week Staff
UrbanLink Air Mobility has agreed to purchase 20 EF-12 Escape electric hydrofoil vessels from Belfast, Northern Ireland-based Artemis Technologies.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein, Tony Osborne, Jens Flottau
Two startups join short list of companies that have unveiled full-scale prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.
Advanced Air Mobility