Dutch advanced air mobility developer PAL-V plans to establish a final assembly line and delivery center for its Liberty flying cars at Breda International Airport (ICAO: EHSE), in the Netherlands.
With this aim, PAL-V signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Forum Group, the company that owns the airport, which, despite its name, serves only general aviation users and does not currently handle any commercial flights.
While advanced air mobility vehicles are often referred to as “flying cars”, they are often nothing of the sort. However, PAL-V’s FlyDrive concept is a proper hybrid between an aircraft and a car.
The Liberty flying car that PAL-V is developing can drive on roads and fly by unfolding a top rotor which allows it to operate as a gyroplane. This versatility has attracted the interest of emergency services providers as well as private users.
The Dutch company claims to already have three years of production pre-sold to customers. Presumably, this includes a recent 100-aircraft order from Dubai advanced air mobility firm Aviterra, which also became an investor in PAL-V.
In addition to establishing a production center, PAL-V also intends to perform customer demonstrations, flight training, and pre-delivery inspections at the site in the southern Netherlands.
Breda is a familiar location for PAL-V, which, since 2019, has already conducted some training onsite for prospective operators of the Liberty FlyDrive vehicle.