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Lilium Raises $240 Million for Flying Taxis: Travel Startup Funding This Week

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Photo Credit: Lilium's new vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft seats five and promises be able to fly 186 miles in an hour. The travel startup is building a flying taxi service, and it has raised $240 million in additional funding, led by Tencent. Lilium

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Travel Startup Funding This Week

Each week we round up travel startups that have recently received or announced funding. Please email Travel Tech Reporter Justin Dawes at jd@skift.com if you have funding news.
This week, travel startups announced more than $240 million in funding. Travel startups need help due to the economic impact of coronavirus. Seed-stage funding has been hit the most worldwide, dropping 22 percent since January, estimated CB Insights, a market intelligence company. Growth-stage startups are also struggling. On March 17, Skift interviewed travel startup investors about their areas of concern, and investors mentioned short-term rental startups and corporate travel startups as yellow-flag categories. This week, alternative accommodation brand Sonder laid off and furloughed about 400 people, or a third of its staff, The Information reported, while rival Lyric has al

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