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Surf Air Mobility Receives First Four Cessna Grand Caravans

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Surf Air Mobility's Cessna Grand Caravan EX (N522SA) — Textron Aviation delivered four Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft to Surf Air Mobility between November and December 2024.

By Hanneke Weitering • Science & Technology Editor

December 7, 2024

Textron Aviation has delivered four Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft to Surf Air Mobility, a regional air services group that is developing electrified powertrains to modify the single-engine utility turboprops. These deliveries mark the first four of 20 Grand Caravan EX aircraft that Surf Air Mobility ordered last year.

The Los Angeles-based regional operator signed a provisional sales agreement with Textron Aviation in 2021 that covered orders for up to 100 Caravans plus an option for another 50. Surf Air Mobility said it is financing two of the initial aircraft deliveries through operating leases with Japanese aircraft lessor ITC-AeroLeasing.

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