India's Blade signs order for up to 200 electric aircraft from Embraer's Eve

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27/09/2022 11:15

SAO PAULO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Brazil's Eve Holding Inc
 EVEX.N  said on Tuesday that Blade India has signed a purchase
order for up to 200 of its electric vertical take-off and
landing (eVTOLs), allowing it to expand its urban air mobility
ecosystem in the Asian country.
    A joint venture between Hunch Ventures and Blade Air
Mobility  BLDE.O , Blade India will also collaborate with Eve -
which is controlled by planemaker Embraer SA  EMBR3.SA  - on a
three-month pilot project connecting passengers using
helicopters, the company said in a statement.
 (Reporting by Gabriel Araujo; Editing by Steven Grattan)
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