Piaggio Aero Industries announces that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted certification for the upgraded Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6-66B engines installation on the P180 Avanti II .The certification enables the world’s fastest turboprop to fly at a maximum cruise speed of 402 kts, 745 km/h (MMO 0.70) making the P.180 Avanti II the first business turboprop to reach this significant speed milestone.
Piaggio Aero displays the P180 Avanti II at the seventh annual European Business Aviation Conference&Exhibition (EBACE) being held May 22-24 at the Geneva Palaexpo
PRATICA DI MARE, ROME, ITALY (April 11, 2007) – Piaggio Aero Industries hosted the second P.180 Avanti European Users’ Conference in the conference room of the officer’s club at Pratica di Mare air force base today.