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Ruag nears first delivery of revived Do-228 turboprop

Switzerland’s Ruag Aerospace plans to deliver its first new-build 19-seat Dornier Do-228 New Generation to an as yet unidentified Japanese commuter airline

By Gregory Polek • Senior Editor

July 7, 2010

Switzerland’s Ruag Aerospace plans to deliver its first new-build 19-seat Dornier Do-228 New Generation to an as yet unidentified Japanese commuter airline at the end of September, Ruag Aerospace Services sales director Hubert Seher told AIN at the Regional Airline Association Convention in Milwaukee in late May. Exhibiting for the first time at an RAA show, Ruag stands now as one of two companies recently to re-introduce a vintage 19-seat unpressurized turboprop to the regional airline and utility market. Canada’s Viking Aerospace re-launched the de Havilland Canada Twin Otter in 2007 and holds a backlog of orders for more than 50 airplanes worth more than $200 million. However, Seher sees the Do-228 as a more credible replacement for aging Beech 1900s, Fairchild Metros and Embraer Bandeirantes still flying thanks to its superior payload capabilities and takeoff performance.

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