Commercial single-engine turboprop (SET) operations in instrument meteorological conditions and at night, approved by the European Union in March, are on track to begin this October, Nicolas Chabbert, senior v-p of French manufacturer Daher (Booth U118), affirmed here at EBACE. “This is a major milestone,” he said, laying out a case for Daher’s TBM 910 and TMB 930 as the platforms best suited to serve this new European market. “Europe will call for using the latest avionics,” he said, pointing to the TBM 910, introduced this year, equipped with the new Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight deck; and the TBM 930, which debuted last year, and is equipped with the Garmin G3000 touchscreen-controlled avionics system. Except for their flight decks, the TBM 910 and TBM 930 (about €3.5/$3.9 million and €3.7/$4.1 million respectively) are identical.
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