Italian airframer Tecnam has secured an order from
Seychelles-based charter company Zil Air for a P2012 Traveller, and is in talks
with the operator for the purchase of a second example.
The initial aircraft will join Zil's
fleet in July 2019, with the follow-on Traveller slated to arrive in 2020.
Flight Fleets Analyzer records Zil as
operating five Airbus Helicopters H120s and a H145, along with a Vulcanair P68C
piston-twin and a Beechcraft King Air 250 twin-engined turboprop.
The 11-seat Traveller was launched by
Tecnam in 2011 and made its maiden sortie in 2016. The second flight-test
aircraft joined the certification campaign in December. So far, the pair have
flown nearly 300h from the airframer's headquarters in Capua, near Naples.
European and US type certification of
the Lycoming TEO-540-C1A-powered twin are still scheduled for the fourth
quarter of 2018, says Tecnam.
US regional carrier Cape
Air is the launch customer and a co-developer of the €2.2 million ($2.6
million) high-wing Traveller, with an order for 100 units. The first examples
will be delivered in early 2019.
(Evangle Luo of TTFLY shared with you）
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