Aircraft
Piaggio Flies First Avanti EVO Produced at New Plant
The EVO is due to be delivered next month to an unidentified customer.
This Avanti EVO was the first airplane to roll off of Piaggio Aerospace’s new Villanova d’Albenga, Italy plant. It flew for the first time on August 25 and will be delivered to its customer in September. (Photo: Piaggio Aerospace)
This Avanti EVO was the first airplane to roll off of Piaggio Aerospace’s new Villanova d’Albenga, Italy plant. It flew for the first time on August 25 and will be delivered to its customer in September. (Photo: Piaggio Aerospace)

An Avanti EVO—registered as I-PDVS—this month became the first airplane to come off the production line at Piaggio Aerospace’s new Villanova d’Albenga, Italy plant, the company announced today. The twin turboprop made its maiden flight from the facility's adjacent runway at Clemente Panero International Airport on Thursday, less than one year after aircraft production was moved from Genoa. The EVO is due to be delivered next month to an unidentified customer.