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Eve and Ascent Cement Partnership For UAM Operations in the Asia Pacific Region

Our Bureau - : Aug 23, 2021 - : 11:44 pm

Eve Urban Air Mobility, an Embraer company, and Ascent Flights Global are strengthening their partnership for a robust Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ecosystem in the Asia Pacific region.

Beginning in 2026, Eve will provide Ascent, a Singapore based start-up powering Air Mobility in Asia, 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).

Eve offers a comprehensive suite of UAM products and services. The company’s zero-emission and low noise EVA represents a simple and intuitive design that continues to reach development milestones. The first flight of the engineering simulator happened in July 2020, while a proof of concept (POC) followed in October. Eve’s Urban Air Traffic Management (UATM) project also reached a new milestone in its collaboration with the United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) t develop a scalable environment needed to host UAM flights.

“Ascent is one of the greatest players of Urban Air Mobility in Asia Pacific and its strong presence in the region makes it an ideal partner for Eve’s operations,” said Andre Stein, President & CEO of Eve. “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 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 Asia Pacific and other markets.

“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. 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,” said Lionel Sinai-Sinelnikoff, Founder & CEO of Ascent.

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