Aircraft
Improved Performance L410 Continues World Tour
The new L410NG from the Czech Republic’s Aircraft Industries features the new GE H-85 turboprop engine

Czech manufacturer Aircraft Industries (AI) is here in Dubai (Stand 1947) to show its prototype L410NG commuter aircraft, which first flew in late July. Since then, the test-flying team it has been busy with certification flights, as well as a whistle-stop series of airshow appearances and marketing promotions.

Last month [October], for example, AI joined engine provider GE Aviation in exhibiting at the fourth biennial China International General Aviation Convention at Pucheng NeiFu Airport in Xi’an (Shaanxi province), claimed to be the Asian country’s “largest and the most important” such event. Later this month [November], AI will be exhibiting at the U.S. National Business Aviation Association Convention in Las Vegas.