Brazil President Lula Attends Air Taxi Flight Demo

Embraer’s Eve Air Mobility conducts a test flight for high-ranking Brazilian officials.

Jack Daleo

Thursday, March 26, 2026 at 01:00 PM ET

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Travis Tingle

High-ranking Brazilian officials, including President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, attended Eve’s air taxi demonstration flight. [Credit: Eve Air Mobility]

Key Takeaways:

Brazil's President Lula and other high-ranking officials attended a demonstration flight of Eve Air Mobility's eVTOL prototype, underscoring strong government and regulatory support for its development and certification.
Eve's prototype has successfully completed 35 flights since December, demonstrating consistent flight behavior, better-than-expected propulsion and battery performance, and noise levels significantly lower than traditional helicopters.
The company aims for certification by 2027 (or sooner) and has garnered significant market interest, with approximately 2,800 preorders, including conditional purchases from airlines like United.

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Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was among the high-ranking officials in attendance for a demonstration flight of Eve Air Mobility’s prototype air taxi, which the company this week said has completed 35 flights since its debut in December.

Joining Lula to watch the full-scale engineering prototype fly at Eve’s test facility in Brazil were the country’s minister of science, technology and innovation, minister of ports and airports, and Tiago Faierstein, president of the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC)—Eve’s chief regulatory partner. Also present was the president of Brazil’s National Development Bank, which has supplied Eve with more than $250 million since 2022.