A undated handout illustration obtained from the Lilium website on May 16, 2019, shows a battery-powered five-seater aircraft prototype, that Lilium hopes to bring into service by 2025. Lilium/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
BERLIN: German startup firm Lilium announced May 16 the maiden flight of its all-electric pilotless jet-powered ‘air taxi’ which it hopes to operate in various cities around the world ‘by 2025’.
The five-seater prototype could face skies crowded with competition, as other startups and giants like Airbus, Boeing or Uber are also tinkering away on their own projects – with an eye on transforming urban transport.
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