Aircraft
Sierra Nevada Unveils Plans to Build Dornier 328 in Turkey
Plans also call for development of larger variants
German charter company MHS Aviation flies five Dornier 328s in Europe. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aleem Yousaf)
German charter company MHS Aviation flies five Dornier 328s in Europe. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY-SA) by Aleem Yousaf)

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Turkish Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs & Communications to build the now out-of-production Dornier 328 aircraft in Turkey. SNC's plans, announced on May 27, call for the U.S. company to design an upgrade to the 328Jet and turboprop version and to collaborate with Turkish engineers to produce the country’s first domestically-built passenger aircraft. The design of what SNC calls a new high-tech product, the 628 aircraft series, would start at the same time as production of the 328 series. The 628 jet and turboprop models would carry roughly double the 32-passenger seating capacity of the 328s.