Ex-Airbus boss Tom Enders becomes member of Lilium's supervisory board

The former CEO of Airbus is already a member of the supervisory board at Lufthansa. Now he also wants to support the flight taxi start-up from Weßling.

On Lilium's website, Tom Enders announces his commitment: "I support Lilium." The 62-year-old manager is joining the supervisory board of the flight taxi start-up. "When Lilium CEO Daniel Wiegand asked me a few months ago if I would accept an appointment to the board, I didn't have to think about it for long," Enders says in the statement. Lilium, he says, is on its way from "visionary start-up to serious aircraft manufacturer and service provider." Some of the best people Enders would have met in his career would be working for Lilium.

So far, Enders is on the supervisory boards of Lufthansa, Knorr Bremse and Linde. He is also president of the German Council on Foreign Relations. Now Enders is back at an aircraft manufacturer for the first time since leaving Airbus two years ago.

Lilium is working on electrically powered air taxis with a range of up to 300 kilometres. The aircraft are to be used on regional shuttle flights. Up to four people can sit in the aircraft. Commercial flights are scheduled to start in 2025.