Startup hires ex-Airbus exec to make flying taxis by 2025

Germany-based startup Lilium has hired former Airbus and Rolls-Royce executive Dirk Gebser as Vice President of Production with an aim to launch its flying taxi business by 2025. The startup also hired ride-hailing company Gett's Remo Gerber as Chief Commercial Officer. Lilium raised $11.4 million from VC firms Atomico and e42 Ventures in 2016.