Eve Air Mobility, a ‘global leader in advanced air mobility solutions’ that is backed by
Embraer, has reached its 50th successful test flight, with its full-scale engineering prototype accumulating over 2hr of flight time. Since the aircraft’s first flight on 19 December 2025, these flights have generated ‘highfidelity data and knowledge gains’ that are strengthening Eve’s understanding of performance and systems behaviour as the company moves to certification of its eVTOL.
Johann Bordais, Eve’s CEO, said: “Reaching 50 successful test flights with our engineering prototype is more than a technical milestone; it is clear evidence of the maturity of our programme and the strength of the solutions we are building. Eve is uniquely positioned to deliver not only a high performance eVTOL aircraft but also aftermarket services and the operational and airspace solutions that customers and cities will require to deploy urban air mobility at scale.
“The fast pace of testing continues to validate the performance and operational capability of our eVTOL, and this latest achievement spotlights the company’s product development process based on proven Embraer methodology — an integrated approach that combines aircraft development with solutions to help operators, cities, vertiports, and air navigation providers prepare for the introduction of urban aviation.
“The results and knowledge gained from flights with the full-scale engineering prototype are central to the development of Eve’s conforming prototypes and the commercial aircraft. We expect to begin producing its conforming prototypes this year, progressing toward a total of six that will be used in the certification flight test campaign with Brazil’s civil aviation authority, ANAC. With 50 test flights completed, we are now expanding flight envelope evaluations, gradually increasing forward speed, evaluating energy management, controllability and stability, and noise and vibration — among other factors — leading to full transition flights later this year.”