OUR STORY
From VOLARE to APELEON. Read more about our company.
Everything starts small and needs time to grow
OUR TEAM
An excellent mix of expert engineers and young talents. Meet the people behind this start-up.
OUR PARTNERS
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OUR STORY
VOLARE GmbH, an Austrian Start-Up, focuses on research and development to elaborate novel aircraft concepts. A team of experienced engineers with a strong background in aerospace engineering develops and produces a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft under the new brand APELEON. We are working with demonstrators in various scales to test and evaluate the functionality and safety of our aircraft.
It all began in 2017 with a basic concept for a disruptive new air vehicle as PROJEKT VOLARE. In October 2017 Andreas Fürlinger founded VOLARE GmbH.
We started in Vienna. As one of the winners of the ÖAMTC Start-Up-Challenge, the ÖAMTC (the Austrian Automobile Club) kindly supplied us with office space in their headquarters in 2018. Meanwhile the company has moved to Mödling, office space was expanded and workshops and labs for our first experiments were added.
We can rely on a solid network of strong partners supporting us in various areas – together we are shaping the future of mobility.
OUR TEAM
Our team consists of experienced engineers with a strong background in the aerospace industry as well as young talents who recently received their engineering degrees. This solid engineering expertise combined with dynamic and creative spirit allows us to further develop the best solutions in our cross-disciplinary tasks. The team has several years of experience in the aviation industry under their belt and has worked on well-known aircraft such as Airbus A380, Boeing B787, Eurocopter EC135 or even special projects like Solar Impulse. This international team works in Austria to contribute to the mobility solutions of the future.
Founder
ANDREAS FÜRLINGER
Dipl.-Ing.
Founder & CEO
Andreas Fürlinger is founder and CEO of the company. A university degree in mechanical engineering, a commercial pilot license combined with several years of work experience in the aviation industry allow a unique insight into this business. He gained initial experience at IABG, advanced at FACC as analysis engineer for lightweight structures, worked on well-known large transport aircraft projects, like for the Airbus A380. As mission engineer, he supported SOLAR IMPULSE on the First Round-The-World Solar Flight, a project to fly around the world without fossil fuel.
His passion for technology, the urge to realise his own ideas and the joy he derives from tackling challenges drive him to push innovation in the world of aviation to develop a sustainable solution for individual air transportation.
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
YOKO ONO
Core Team
THERESA RINNHOFER
MSc.
Regulatory Affairs
MARTIN FLEISCHMANN
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Structural Mechanics
CHRISTOPH FRÖHLICH
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Automation & Control
STEFAN THALER
MSc.
Mechanical Design
JAKOB SCHMIDT
BSc.
Mechanical Design
PETER KREMSNER
–
Electrics & Electronics
STEPHANE YONG
Ingénieur Généraliste
Software
CHRISTOPHER HIESS
MA.
Industrial Design
JAN ERNHARDT
MA.
Industrial Design
LORENZ MINATTI
–
Mechanical Design
Economic Advisor
FRANZ FÜRLINGER
Mag. Dr.
Controlling & Procurator
Father & Son – Economics & Engineering
Both, a powerful combination.
Franz Fuerlinger, supports the team as economic advisor. An experienced tax consultant, with more than 35 years of work experience in his own company, specialised in support for medium-sized enterprises, he is an important player in economic and legal affairs.
Engineering Advisors
RALPH
PAUL
Dipl.-Ing.
Flight Dynamics & Control,
Flight Test
DIETER
REISINGER
Dr.-Ing. MSc.
Flight Test,
Aircraft Operation
CHRISTOF
OBERTSCHEIDER
MMag. Dr.
Aerodynamics,
Numeric Analysis
in cooperation with
FH Wiener Neustadt
OUR PARTNERS
