Cessna Aircraft will deliver three 208B Grand Caravan aircraft to an unnamed commercial aircraft operator based in Vicenza, Italy, during this year. The Caravans will augment the operator's global helicopter fleet operation.

"In the past 12 months, we've seen a very strong interest in the Cessna Caravan in Italy," said Pana Poulios, Cessna's European sales director. "The Caravan fits very well in the European geography and the customers appreciate the roomy cabin and its comfortable ride. The low operating costs together with its high reliability and dispatch rates make the Caravan a great working platform."

The worldwide model 208 fleet has now passed 11 million flight hours carrying out passenger, vip, utility and cargo missions.