For Garmin G1000 installations, Elliott Aviation has raised downtime compensation to $3,000 a day if it fails to deliver on its guarantee to do the job in 15 working days. Having completed more than 150 King Air G1000 installations, the company says it has the confidence to assure the owner it will meet the 15-day deadline.

The G1000 retrofit replaces the entire avionics package in a King Air and can boost useful load by an average of 250 pounds. The system incorporates graphical weather, synthetic vision, traffic, terrain and other avoidance systems into a simple three-panel display unit.

Elliott's offer follows Garmin’s recent announcement offering rebates of $50,000 to owners and operators of King Air C90s, 200/B200s, 300s and 350s who upgrade their factory-installed Pro Line 21 avionics system to the G1000 system before May 29. Those with other avionics systems who upgrade before May 29 will receive $25,000.