We strengthen the development of the regional economy by giving customers the opportunity to travel affordably, time-efficiently and sustainably. With new aircraft and technology that reactivates lost markets and expands the boundaries of air travel in a scalable, sustainable and economically viable way.
We connect point-to-point European business regions. A flight schedule that generates connectivity between cities several times a day results in high reliability of connections for our customers. New technology makes airline ticket prices competitive with major network carriers. Our destinations are bookable worldwide in all major booking tools.
Cheap tickets, time savings through direct flights and a 100% sustainable product make EVIA AERO very attractive for business travelers. The connected destinations follow a business logic.
Only destinations where there is a demonstrable need for connectivity beforehand will be flown to. Worldwide bookability in all systems make it easy for corporate travel agents, travel agencies and self-bookers to book their flight ticket.
Florian looks back on 12 years of experience at Bremen Airport, most recently as authorized signatory. In his position, he was responsible for the airport's entire commercial aviation and non-aviation business.
With a strong expertise in international marketing and communication, Florian leverages aviation-specific and industry knowledge to lead the company’s strategic vision. He is keenly committed to extensive interactions with a broad network of both experts in aviation and energy as well as political decision-makers to provide insights to the Advisory Board members.
“With new aircraft and technology, we reactivate lost markets and extend the limits of air traffic in a scalable, sustainable and economically viable manner.”
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Gerd’s first steps into the aviation industry were as commercial manager and CEO of the regional airline Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH (OLT). Years in the finance department of shipping company AG Ems followed as a management, where extensive new ship constructions and conversions had to be financed in addition to the day-to-day business and the regular preparation of the annual financial statements for the Group and various individual companies.
Gerd is a business graduate and certified accountant with an early career as a naval officer and sub-department manager in the field of naval logistics.
“Together with my team, I am pursuing the goal of being able to design sustainable flight connections and thus offer mobility in our networked world.”
As Chief Technology Officer, Suell supports EVIA AERO’s founder to transform his vision into a feasible technological product. He has a background in eco-friendly aircraft design paired with major aircraft OEM industry experience and cutting-edge research projects.
“Aviation is currently at a turning point. With the radical advances in industrially available battery and electric drive train technologies electric flying is finally within reach. At EVIA AERO, we are not waiting for the big players in the industry to do their thing - we are taking matters into our own hands by enabling airports to service electric and hybrid-electric aircraft while working closely with different aircraft OEMs. In this way, we ensure a solid 100% green infrastructure that will interface seamlessly with tomorrow’s aircraft. I am proud to support EVIA’s vision of truly sustainable aviation. We will provide sustainable, emission-free air travel – sooner than you might think.”
Dr. Claudia Thomsen: Following stays at research facilities in England, Norway, the Netherlands, and the USA, her work focused on long-term CO2 sequestration strategies and industrial site synergies for the use of aquatic biomass for biofuels (as Biokerosin), waste water treatment, and the production of food and feed. Her responsibilities as managing partner of a spinoff firm included overseeing industrial customer projects, developing new products, building larger semi-automatic manufacturing systems, and assessing economic feasibility assessments of the business case's overall operations. She served as the temporary leader of the AIREG -Consortium's working group on "raw material supply" (https://aireg.de/en/home-en/) to assess new advances in the aviation industry's biofuel-energy sector. She worked as the CEO of a marine robotics spinoff firm with a focus on deep sea monitoring for the previous five years. Project management and implementation are the new areas of work at EVIA-AERO.
Alexander has almost 30 years of international related working experience and know-how within the aviation industry as Director Traffic Development of Munich Airport and CEO of Castellón Airport. His proven management skills and problem-solving attitude for acquisition and customer development activities with proven track record in developing and executing aviation sales strategies strengthen and widen EVIA AERO’s network significantly.
Alexander further offers notable key expertise in commercially sustainable airport and network/partnership development, Air Services Development and Airport Marketing.
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Keeping an eye on the budget.
With her experience in the banking management of a large North German savings bank and a start-up in the yacht building industry, Jutta brings her passion for finance so that the ideas of EVIA AERO can take off quickly.
Her studies in business administration with a focus on finance and marketing will also be helpful in building impulses for the development of an organizational structure for this new dream of mankind: the future of flying.
“And with our EVIA AERO team, we will pave the way for sustainable flying, step by step. Come join us.”
Although Tom is still at the beginning of his career, he is already actively engaged in the aviation industry and has built up several years of experience in marketing & sales, as well as route development. Currently, Tom is studying Aviation Management at the IU University of Applied Sciences in Bad Honnef, Germany to obtain his bachelor’s degree' next year. Besides his studies and duties at EVIA AERO, he also supports Groningen Airport Eelde, a regional airport in the Netherlands, in the field of electric flying.
"I firmly believe that the integration of sustainable aircraft will play a significant role in establishing new important connections between economically viable regions, ultimately facilitating quiet, efficient and sustainable air travel for everybody.’
Ines Schorn, an experienced engineer in project management, enriches the EVIAAERO team with her years of leadership experience in large land and water projects. Her role is to provide stakeholder management and ensure that team members achieve project milestones in a targeted manner. Ines Schorn is largely responsible for the successful implementation of the projects.
"My daily drive is to meet the needs of people and the environment as sustainably as possible while always keeping an eye on efficiency.”
Manu Lubrano, Ph. D. has been in the digital aviation industry since 2012, with a special focus on cooperative air traffic detection, drones and drone traffic management. He is also the CEO and Co-Founder of INVOLI, the leading provider of detection solutions for the safe integration of drones in the air space and co-leads the ASTM Standard F3623 on the provision of surveillance data to be used for drone traffic management. He also served as President of the Swiss Drone Industry Association and as a board member of the Global UTM Association. Before INVOLI, he was Head of Industrialization for the Swiss drone manufacturer senseFly and co-founded the humanitarian drone association Drones for Earth. Manu holds a Ph.D. in Manufacturing Systems and Robotics, from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL).
Dr. Patrick Bohl is an experienced industry expert with extensive know-how in aviation, retail and real estate management. He began his career in various management positions at British Airways and Malév Hungarian Airlines. After moving to Budapest Airport, he was initially responsible for the acquisition of new airlines and routes and later became Head of Retail and Property.
Dr. Bohl holds a doctorate in business administration and is a lecturer at the Chair of Marketing Management at the Corvinus University of Budapest. He has been promoting collaboration and innovation in the industry for years, including in roles as Chairman of the ACI Europe Commercial Forum and on the Board of the Central Eastern European Travel Retail Association.
“As an advocate for a more sustainable aviation industry, developing partnerships for zero-emission flying is a key priority for me. Hand in hand with regional airports, we can drive forward the energy transition and strengthen the local economy at the same time.”
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Axel offers a wealth of experience in the aerospace industry that he was able to draw on from his early activities at Airbus and Lufthansa. His latest appointment was as Chief Executive Manager at Germania Fluggesellschaft and as Accountable Manager Maintenance at Lufthansa CityLine. He further was active as Chief Operations Officer (COO) at OLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH.
As an aircraft and industrial engineer, Axel is one of the company's fundamental knowledge carrier. With his entrepreneurial personality, he closely guides EVIA AERO's strategic decisions.
After a long background of many years as a plant and site manager at Airbus, Kai was engaged in the rail-industry for Deutsche Bahn and ÖBB Technical Services. In Austria, he was responsible for engineering, supply chain management and maintenance of all ÖBB rail vehicles. Since September 2021, he has been the Managing Director of Deharde, a metal processing company specialized in the aviation industry in Lower Saxony.
His many years of experience in the aircraft construction industry means solid consulting expertise to EVIA AERO.
Henrik, founder of the architecture and design studio leit-werk, is an accomplished architect with considerable expertise in urbanism and airport planning and design. Clients for assignments by leading airports and industry consortia in 45 countries include Vienna and Zurich Airport, SEA Milano, Bristol Airport and the development of the new Khartoum International Airport from site selection to construction supervision. Henrik’s professional work is inextricably related to research and teaching in the UK, Europe, Asia and Africa. Fascinated by the unexplored potential of airports as driver for development, Henrik conceived the Urban Turbine Research Project and joined Cranfield University in 2014.
Within the Digital Aviation Research Technology Centre (DARTeC), he is leading the City Boarding Lab, home to unique collaboration between industry and academia, exploring the airports underestimated potential as driver towards Zero Carbon mobility.
„The interplay of new emission-free aircraft technology, green energy production and sustainable buildings and cities requires a radical new design approach how we conceive the airport ecosystem. I am fascinated to support EVIA AERO bringing regional connectivity back on the map.“
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Heinz-Otto is a German mathematician with a focus on research areas such as fractals and 3D visualization for medicine. He was active as a professor of Mathematics at the University of Bremen, the University of California and Florida Atlantic University. Heinz-Otto is the founder and head of Fraunhofer MEVIS, Institute for Digital Medicine as well as the founder of MeVis Medical Solutions AG in Bremen. Heinz-Otto‘s particular interests concern digital medicine, especially cancer research, chaos science, climate change and energy revolution.
“As a passionate pilot, I am particularly interested in the future of aviation. I am convinced that EVIA AERO is taking a consistent and holistic approach to shaping this future in a sustainable way, which is why I would like to support EVIA AERO with my experience.”
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