Press Release

Issued by Tecnam - Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam SpA.

March 1, 2019

Tecnam announced today the delivery of a twin engine P2006T Mark II aircraft to Soar Aviation of Melbourne, Australia. The hand-over took place during Avalon 2019, with the keys presented by Tecnam global sales and marketing director Walter Da Costa to Neel Khokhani, CEO of Soar Aviation.

This new P2006T Mark II, equipped with latest glass avionic Garmin G1000 NXi will join Soar's existing fleet of 12 Tecnam P2008s and a P2006T Mark I. This will allow it to offer the state of art of aviation training, from ab-initio to complex multi-engine IFR training.

The Tecnam P2006T twin has established itself as the aircraft of choice for not only the world's most reputable flight training organisations but for private owners alike.

With more than 280 of the type now in service worldwide, the P2006T consistently comes out on top following the most stringent of competitor fly-off evaluations. Besides flight schools, Tecnam has partnered with NASA, a number of air forces and other niche operators who now fly specialist special mission versions of the twin such as the P2006T SMP.

Tecnam, an Italian manufacturer operating an aviation business since 1948, is among the top three world manufacturers. With more than 180 aircraft produced per year, Tecnam is recognised as a favourite choice especially among flight schools for its broad range of fleet aircraft including two to 11 seaters, high and low wing types, and VFR and full IFR.

Founded six years ago by Neel Khokhani when he was just 22, Soar Aviation is now Australia's largest private flying school with with over 500 students studying towards their Diploma of Aviation Commercial pilots licence, under a partnership agreement with Box Hill Institute.

Walter Da Costa Tecnam global sales and marketing director said “We are so proud to have Soar demonstrating its positive confidence toward Tecnam. For us this is the proof that Tecnam are able to offer a real one fleet solution, which is our strategy. Also being in Australia and New Zealand with our subsidiary Tecnam Pty Ltd, led by Bruce Stark, will allow us to be closer to our customers and to satisfy them with the highest quality standards and spares support.”

Neel Khokhani, Soar Aviation, said: “Adding another P2006T equipped with the Garmin G1000 NXi was a natural step to increasing our ability to offer advanced commercial licence training.”