Johann Christian Jean Bordais
Analyst · U.S. Bancorp, BTIG
Well, it's natural, right? Like I said, we've been for the last 6 years since we created Eve, we've been designing the solution for the customer and with the customers. So ever since then, we had the first design, but also talking about the customer support and how we're going to be developing the ecosystem, it's done with the customers. And they're early adopters, they're pioneers, they're visionary. And then we have really -- the profile of our customers, it's from helicopter operators, it's from airlines, it's from also the leasing company with different missions. So it's touristical, ecotourism, as we mentioned, but it's the primary business that we're going for. And what the customer want is the urban air mobility, it's really under 150 kilometers. They want to have a solution that is fully electrical, 1 pilot, 4 pax, and it goes to a 30 to 40 typical routes, right, which is what we call the shuttle routes, downtown of the city to the international airport and back and forth, but it could be any point of the city. And that's exactly the market that we're aiming for, right? And the customers, when they decided, it's from the world, right? It's 29 customers from 9 different countries. And wherever there's a strong support and ecosystem readiness, which come from authorities, the local government, also the different partners like infrastructure, the power company, we've been leading those discussions. And then customers sees that, okay, the Eve 100 plus the ecosystem readiness and the customer support, they place those LOI. And that's why we got to the 2,600, as you mentioned, a decline, it's natural. I mean, it's early, and there's a lot of those companies that can be just going bankrupt or they change their strategy on UAM. We're also bringing new customers and new lead, right? And that's like FlyBIS, AirX that we recently signed. And I think as we progress in -- and very quickly now in '27 and '28, they will be able to see the actual aircraft, right, especially in Brazil, Gavião Peixoto will have the first prototype. And I can tell you there is no better catalyzer than having a full prototype ready to be certified in the next 16 months -- 24 months, right? So in 2028. So it will happen. It's natural what's happening right now, and we're thrilled about it, right? It's now it's about not additional LOI. It's about the quality LOI, if we go for it, for new markets, for new customers and also the conversion rate, right? And that's what we're doing right now.