Air taxi maker Lilium deals in Shenzen to prime China AAM activity

German air taxi developer Lilium has announced a pair of deals providing it a foothold in China to build future business activity in what’s expected to be an enormous and effervescent market for advanced air mobility (AAM) services.

The Munich-based company announced the developments against the background of this week’s Paris Air Show. One of those accords was made with Shenzhen Eastern General Aviation Co., known as Heli-Eastern, which provides helicopter transportation services in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Under the terms of the deal, Heli-Eastern will buy up to 100 Lilium battery-powered jets to enable new air taxi and other AAM activities.

The other is an agreement with the Bao’an District of the bustling business city Shenzhen, where Lilium will establish an office to oversee development of air taxi operations in the same Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Those facilities are also intended to serve as…