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AeroGuard Scales Up Operations with Order for 90 Piper Archers

The AeroGuard order is the latest in a string of trainer fleet contracts for Piper this year

Piper deal at Dubai Airshow 2023 — Piper Aircraft v-p of international and direct sales Drew McEwen called the AeroGuard order “a big deal” for Piper. (Photo: Matt Thurber)

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

November 14, 2023

AeroGuard Flight Training Center placed an order to acquire 90 Piper Archer TX piston single-engine aircraft as it lays the groundwork to dramatically scale up its activities, the companies said on Tuesday during the Dubai Airshow. The flight training provider plans to increase its student pilot population to 2,000—from the current 800—by the end of next year and to double its fleet to more than 200 aircraft.

With two facilities in the Phoenix area—at Deer Valley and Chandler—another in the greater Austin, Texas area, and a fourth outside of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, AeroGuard trains airline students through agreements with companies such as Cathay Pacific, SkyWest, and Korea Aerospace University.

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