By Allison Lampert and Gabriel Araujo

MONTREAL, SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s Embraer could get certification of its electric aircraft in 2027, but the new president of the country’s aviation regulator told Reuters he would like to hit that milestone a year earlier.

Embraer’s subsidiary Eve is among several firms developing battery-powered aircraft that can take off and land vertically to ferry travelers on short city trips, a segment seen as key to future growth for the world’s third-largest planemaker.

Eve, which has amassed nearly 3,000 potential orders ahead of production, currently expects its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to enter service in 2027, a year later than initially planned.

Tiago Faierstein, the recently appointed president of Brazil’s civil av

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