Emirates Flight Coaching Academy (EFTA) continues to reside as much as its promise of providing cutting-edge tech and state-of-the-art plane to coach pilots of the longer term and assist shut the business’s abilities hole. The Academy is now bolstering its present fleet with an order for 3 twin-engine DA42-VI and its corresponding flight simulator from Diamond Plane Industries – a number one producer of plane on the whole aviation, based mostly in Austria. The entire deal is price EUR 4 million in listing costs.

The AUSTRO jet-fuel powered DA42-VI plane is slated to be the flagship that ushers in multi-engine piston (MEP) coaching at EFTA.

Capt Abdulla Al Hammadi, Vice President Emirates Flight Coaching Academy, mentioned: “Our new fleet from Diamond Plane is a part of our bigger strategic intent for our cadet programme. It helps us design a bridging MEP programme for cadets to realize extra flying expertise whereas progressing from a single engine to a lightweight jet plane. It strengthens our providing and makes it extra distinctive, rounded and strong. Our cadets will profit vastly as they acquire expertise on three various kinds of plane, even earlier than they’re licensed. The brand new fleet additionally helps us go above and past on complying with the brand new GCAA tips. The DA42-VI is dependable, eco-friendly and a sensible platform for MEP coaching. We’re assured we’ve made the fitting alternative.”

“We’re thrilled that our DA42-VI is the selection for Emirates’ flight coaching. This, as soon as once more, solidifies the plane’s place because the business main multi-engine piston coach,” mentioned Liqun (Frank) Zhang, CEO Diamond Plane Austria. “With Emirates we’re including one other premier flight academy to our lengthy listing of famend coaching operators and are wanting ahead to help them with probably the most superior and eco-friendly plane obtainable available on the market at present.”

The 4-seat DA42-VI is the most recent model of Diamond’s expertise main mild piston twin-engine plane. It’s the primary licensed common aviation piston plane to mix trendy expertise airframe, avionics, and energy crops.

With its distinctive mixture of efficiency and utility, the jet gas powered DA42-VI is designed to make transitioning from single to twin engine a lot simpler. The plane generates gas financial savings of as much as 50% in comparison with standard AVGAS powered twins, and its panoramic cover gives glorious visibility throughout all flight manoeuvres.

Since its introduction, effectively over 1,100 DA42 plane have been delivered, outselling all different licensed piston twins mixed. The all-composite DA42-VI is provided with environment friendly, silent, clear and dependable 168hp jet gas AUSTRO engines AE300, Garmin G1000 NXi with 3-axis Computerized Flight Management System and optionally available electrically pushed air-con.

Plane supply is anticipated to start quickly, with all three slated to be acquired by EFTA within the first half of 2023. Greater than 100 cadets have efficiently graduated from EFTA since 2020, creating a powerful pilot recruitment pipeline for Emirates and the business.