P2012 TRAVELLER COMMERCIAL
Wolf stated: “This aircraft is very easy to
y. With the performances we have seen,
we will be happy to offer our customers a
new-generation aircraft that will be able to
increase the ight comfort, as well as the
ight safety, with lower costs in terms of
maintenance and operations.”
By July 2017, the prototype had logged
more than 150 ight hours and had shown
excellent ight qualities, for example in
short take-off and landing performance. The
most recent data for the landing run is only
820ft (250m) at maximum weight, a result
that impressed Cape Air very much and,
according to Tecnam, can be improved.The P2012 Traveller’s certi cation for
the European Aviation Safety Agency CS-
23 category and the US Federal Aviation
Administration FAR Part 23 is expected by
the end of 2018. These are the two highest
classes in the general aviation category.
Tecnam has already checked the
aircraft’s general layout is optimised and
meets expectations. Only the last details
are to be set up before launching series
production later in 2017. The company
envisages it will be ready to start the rst
deliveries by January 1, 2019. The rst ight
of the second prototype is scheduled for
September 2017.Big market potential
The commercial potential seems quite
promising. Cape Air placed an order
for 100 aircraft, but other markets
have shown great interest. Mavilio
said: “Just for having announced the
launch of the P2012, we received many
requests from a number of operators.
This is because for a long time nobody
had presented a new-generation
aircraft in this category. We are really
surprised by the requests coming from
many companies from all over the
world, such as from Australia, Africa,
North Europe and the Middle East.”Tecnam’s Traveller