Charter & Fractional
First Epic E1000 Turboprop in Brazil Lands at Avantto
Fractional provider is taking 34 of the all-composite airplanes
Avantto Epic Aircraft E1000
Fractional share aircraft provider Avantto is the first Brazilian customer to take delivery of an Epic Aircraft E1000. Avantto has ordered 34 of the turboprop singles in a bid to expand service to Brazil's central-west region, which is an agricultural hub.

The first of 34 Epic E1000s ordered by Avantto is now at the fractional provider’s hangar at Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. The company expects the final import stages to be completed later this week after Carnaval ends. Bend, Oregon-based Epic Aircraft is readying two more of the all-composite turboprop singles for delivery to Avantto next month, with another two expected to follow in the second quarter.

Avantto’s E1000 is the first of the type to be delivered to a Brazilian customer. Last month, three senior Avantto pilots spent two weeks training at the OEM’s factory, which included both simulator and in-airplane time. An Avantto official told AIN that, despite the bad weather in Oregon, “They’ve all come back having only positive things, very positive things, to say about the aircraft.”

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