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A unique

aeronautical adventure

FLYING WHALES is an extraordinary aeronautical adventure, born from a simple and ambitious idea: to make the inaccessible accessible. Our company develops a universal transport solution to support social and economic development with a low environmental footprint.

Our story

Launch of FLYING WHALES

2012

Technical, financial, market and industrial derisking phases…

2014

Structuring of the shareholding and public funding

Start of engineering by the consortium

2016

Entry into “application” phase with EASA for certification

2018

Legal and financial structuring of the French final assembly site

2020

Dissociation of FLYING WHALES Industry and FLYING WHALES Services

Continuation of engineering

2021

End of engineering and systems testing

2023

Construction of the FAL
Production and tests of 1st LCA60T

2025

Ground and flight tests
Certification
Start of operations

2027

A project of

international dimension

Supported by

visionary

actors

FLYING WHALES federates and animates national and international, public and private actors.

A constellation of some fifty partners is involved in the design, production and future operations of the LCA60T. This leading industrial consortium is the great strength of the project.

The powerful and diversified shareholding of FLYING WHALES is also a major asset to support its worldwide development.

The financial partners

Our technical consortium

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Our teams