Dornier 228
RUAG has decided to re-start the Dornier 228 production at the plant in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. Fuselage and Wings will come from HAL, the dornier 228 will be upgraded with a modern glass flight deck plus refinements in the cabine, aerodynamics etc. Target market is the special mission market but airline versions will be manufactuered as well.
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2007/12/03/afx4395969.html
Dornier 328
AvCraft has purchased all rights, the manufacturing site in Germany and 18 mostly-build Dornier 328JET. These will be outfitted in special mission / coroporate / private airliners. Assembly is set to re-start as well, again in the Oberpfaffenhofen plant, with wings coming in from the USA.
By: J Boyle - 10th December 2007 at 23:53
Good news.
By: Newforest - 8th December 2007 at 08:47
some institutuins will/are going to be very happy with this news. Specially the Indian Coast Guard that operates a substantial fleet of 228s that form the backbone of its search and rescue and recon. fleet.
Not too many people know that!
By: KabirT - 8th December 2007 at 08:30
some institutuins will/are going to be very happy with this news. Specially the Indian Coast Guard that operates a substantial fleet of 228s that form the backbone of its search and rescue and recon. fleet.
By: Lower Hangar - 7th December 2007 at 18:37
Avro RJX
Saw it tonight sitting forlornly at EGCC ( in the rain of course !! ) beside the Concorde….I guess the nacelles are hollow- was it 3001 re-engined ??
By: PhantomII - 5th December 2007 at 03:11
Bring back the Avro RJX!
By: Newforest - 4th December 2007 at 20:02
AvCraft (328) are a strange bunge and I do not really consider them as serious. Much like Rekkof, constantly making plans and promises but not much else. RUAG (228) seem to be a much more serious candidate.
That would seem to be confirmed by Wikki! Not being critical, but you probably mean bunch!
By: tenthije - 4th December 2007 at 17:04
On a similar note, were Stork Fokker not thinking about producing aircraft again?
Those where the Rekkof plans, and they are now stopped. The KLM order for 10 EMB-190s plus options kind a ended it all for them. Stork Fokker is the owner of the Fokker CoA. Stork took over the viable parts of Fokker after Fokker’s bankruptcy.
AvCraft (328) are a strange bunge and I do not really consider them as serious. Much like Rekkof, constantly making plans and promises but not much else. RUAG (228) seem to be a much more serious candidate.
By: Newforest - 4th December 2007 at 09:50
Sounds good, glad something is happening with them…it all went quiet.
On a similar note, were Stork Fokker not thinking about producing aircraft again?
Presumably Stork Fokker are a different entity from Rekkof who were also attempting restarting production of Fokker aircraft?
Great to see that 228/328 production will resume, I think the 228 looks like an ugly duckling but the 328 is a good looking machine!
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