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Deutsche Aircraft Opens D328eco Factory in Leipzig
Final assembly facility marks start of D328eco serial production
The Leipzig site, now complete, was under construction for just over three years.

Deutsche Aircraft this week opened the final assembly line at Leipzig Halle Airport in northeast Germany, where it will build its D328eco regional airliner. The start-up is working to certify a model that modernizes the 1990s-era Dornier 328 twin turboprop with new Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127XT-S turboprops and a Garmin G5000 Prime flight deck.

While Deutsche Aircraft’s Oberpfaffenhofen base in Bavaria will remain the home of its engineering, flight testing, and certification activities, the Leipzig site will serve as the center for aircraft assembly, flight testing, and customer deliveries. The company has invested €100 million ($113 million) in a 651,217-sq-ft site it said will have capacity to build up to 48 aircraft each year, with new employees set to start work there in the coming months.

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