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Sustainable Aviation – we make the dream come true

Flying in the near future: at the end of this decade, electric and hydrogen-powered aircraft will take the skies, EASA certified of course. EVIA AERO follows an end-to-end concept, realised in joint ventures with airports. Climate-friendly aviation can only work if we act today for tomorrow. Green flying requires a lot of energy. To ensure there is always enough sustainable energy available, EVIA AERO produces energy together with and at airports, for example via photovoltaic systems, in independent grids and storage facilities. This energy is available to all airport customers who also operate electric or hydrogen-powered vehicles, aircraft or electric (cargo)drones.

Our Vision

Our vision is to completely transform the way people travel in Europe through sustainable and carbon neutral aviation. We want to create a future where zero-emission air travel is the standard. In doing so, we connect economic regions and protect the environment

Our Misson

Our mission is to build a sustainable regional air transport network using state-of-the-art hydrogen and electric drive technologies. Decentralised and self-sufficient energy generation and storage of green electricity via photovoltaic systems and hydrogen play a central role. We offer reliable, economical and eco-friendly flights that enable business travellers to travel efficiently and sustainably.

Our Goals

Our goal is to revive lost markets and create new connections. In doing so, we support the development of the regional economy and enable our customers to travel in an affordable, time-saving and sustainable way. We are setting new standards in aviation through the regionally self-sufficient production and storage of green electricity and the use of advanced hydrogen and electric drive technologies.

Our Commitment

Reliability: We connect Europe's business regions with multiple point-to-point flights every day. Our electric and hydrogen powered engines make our prices competitive with the major network carriers, and our direct flights save you time. Our flights are available worldwide on all major booking systems. We want to create a future where zero-emission air travel is the norm, connecting economic regions and protecting the environment.

Team

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Florian Kruse

Florian Kruse

Founder, CEO, Shareholder

Florian Kruse

Founder, CEO, Shareholder

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-specificand industry knowledge to lead the company’s strategic vision. He maintains an intensive dialogue with his large network of aviation and energy experts aswell as political decision-makers, thus ensuring that all members of the Advisory Board have a profound insight into the operational business.

“With new aircraft and technology, we reactivate lost markets and extend the limits of air traffic in a scalable, sustainable and economically viable manner.”


Awards & Further Recognition

  • Second place in the Business Traveller Award of the Business Traveller magazine in 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2018
  • Overall winner Routes Europe Marketing Award 2013 (Marseille)
  • Highly commended at World Routes Marketing Award 2014 (Chicago)
  • Winner Routes Europe Marketing Awards 2015 (Aberdeen)
  • Winner Routes Europe Marketing Preis 2016 (Krakow)
  • Nomination Econ Awards 2014 in the category "Integrated Corporate Communications"
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Joachim Uecker

Joachim Uecker

Shareholder

Joachim Uecker

Shareholder

As co-founder of "Energiequelle" in 1997, Joachim Uecker saw a future in sustainable energy generation at an early stage.

Today, Energiequelle is one of Germany's largest renewable energy companies in the fields of photovoltaics, biogas, electricity sales, grid connection and energy storage. Uecker retired from management in 2019 to focus on his family.

Having previously worked for Commerzbank, HypoVereinsbank and Dresdner Bank, he has been contributing his vast experience to EVIA AERO for over two years.

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Jan Angenendt

Jan Angenendt

Head of Corporate Finance (Interim)

Jan Angenendt

Head of Corporate Finance (Interim)

Jan supports the EVIA Group in financing matters and advises the management on strategic corporate decisions. He has years of experience as a private equity investor in the mid-cap market in London and Frankfurt, specialising in the development of infrastructure companies. Prior to that, he was a corporate finance consultant and policy advisor in London.

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Suell Mües

Suell Mües

Chief Technology Officer

Suell Mües

Chief Technology Officer

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.”

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Dr. Patrick Bohl

Dr. Patrick Bohl

Director Business Development

Dr. Patrick Bohl

Director Business Development

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.”


Awards

  • Winner of the World Routes Marketing Award
  • Winner Routes Europe Marketing Award
  • The Travel Retail Award “Best Green Initiative"

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André Schütte

André Schütte

Director Marketing

André Schütte

Director Marketing

André has been supporting the EVIA Group in the areas of brand, marketing and digitalization since its foundation. With over 25 years of experience as a marketing and digital manager and in brand development, he has successfully implemented projects for companies such as AirBerlin, Airtours, Germania, Robinson, TUI, EWE and Vattenfall. He has extensive expertise in optimizing the customer experience and developing effective marketing strategies, especially in the areas of customer engagement, communication and marketing automation.

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Dr. Claudia Thomsen

Dr. Claudia Thomsen

Chief R&D Officer

Dr. Claudia Thomsen

Chief R&D Officer

After research stays in England, Norway, the Netherlands and the USA, Dr Claudia Thomsen focused her work on long-term CO2 sequestration strategies and industrial site synergies for the use of aquatic biomass for biofuels (as biokerosene), wastewater treatment and food and feed production. Her responsibilities as managing partner of a spin-off company included overseeing projects for industrial clients, developing new products, building larger semi-automated production systems and assessing the economic viability of the overall business. She temporarily led the Feedstock Supply Working Group of the AIREG consortium (https://aireg.de/en/home-en/) to evaluate new advances in the aviation biofuel energy sector. For the past five years she has been the managing director of a marine robotics spin-off company focusing on deep-sea monitoring. Project management and implementation are her new areas of work at EVIA-AERO.

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Jutta Koep

Jutta Koep

Controlling

Jutta Koep

Controlling

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. Through her studies in business administration with a focus on finance and marketing, she provides impulses for the development of a an organisational structure for sustainable flying.

“And with our EVIA AERO team, we will pave the way for sustainable flying, step by step. Come join us.”
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Ines Schorn

Ines Schorn

Project Management

Ines Schorn

Project Management

Ines Schorn, an experienced project management engineer, supports the EVIA AERO team with her years of leadership experience in large land and water projects. Her role is to manage stakeholders and ensure that team members achieve planned milestones on time. Ines Schorn is largely responsible for the successful implementation of the projects.

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Sonja Goedecke

Sonja Goedecke

Executive Assistant

Sonja Goedecke

Executive Assistant

Sonja Goedecke supports our team as Executive Assistant and brings with heran impressive range of experience. As a trained industrial clerk, she has worked in renowned companies such as Airbus, Hamburg Airport and Axel Springer Verlag and has over 20 years of experience in assistant and office management positions. Her varied activities, especially in the aviation industry, have given her a deep understanding of complex project processes and international cooperation.

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Manu Lubrano, Ph. D.

Manu Lubrano, Ph. D.

Digital Airspace Specialist

Manu Lubrano, Ph. D.

Digital Airspace Specialist

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).

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Ewald Röben

Ewald Röben

Electricity Expert

Ewald Röben

Electricity Expert
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Advisory Board

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Axel Trampnau

Axel Trampnau

Chairman of the Advisory Board

Axel Trampnau

Vorsitzender des Beirats

Axel offers a wealth of experience in the aerospace industry that he was able to draw on from his previous 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.

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Dr. Kai Brüggemann

Dr. Kai Brüggemann

Member of the Advisory Board

Dr. Kai Brüggemann

Mitglied des Beirats

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.

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Henrik Rothe

Henrik Rothe

Member of the Advisory Board

Henrik Rothe

Mitglied des Beirats

Henrik, founder of the architecture and design studioleit-werk, is an accomplished architect with considerable expertise in urbanism and airport planning and design. Clients from international airports and industrial consortia in 45 countries include Vienna, Zurich and Bristol airports, SEA Milan and, from site selection to construction supervision, Khartoum International Airport. 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 in2014.

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.“



Award

  • The RIBA’s Presidents Medal for the new GLA HQ in London

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Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. H.C. Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. H.C. Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Member of the Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. H.C. Heinz-Otto Peitgen

Mitglied des Beirats

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.”


Honors

  • Federal Cross of Merit First Class
  • Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize for Innovation
  • German Founder Award in the category Visionary
  • Fraunhofer Medal
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