Home Airlines Lillium signs $1 billion deal with Brazil’s Azul Airlines Lillium signs $1 billion deal with Brazil’s Azul Airlines 2 Aug 2021 | AirlinesHeadline5UAM/AAM An electric jet start-up just signed a $1 billion deal with a commercial airliner Lilium, a German start-up making electric jets that can take off and land vertically, has announced plans to sell 220 aircraft to Brazilian airliner Azul.