RUAG Aerospace Do 228 NG

The aircraft will be used for passenger and cargo transport between Longyearbyen and gravel airfields at
Svea and Ny Ålesund on the island of Svalbard, Norway.

The customers of Lufttransport AS using the Do 228 NG are Store Norske Spitsbergen Kullkompani AS ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and King Bay AS ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]

By this Lufttransport AS will become the launch customer for the Do 228 NG in Europe.

The Do 228 NG is a versatile multi-purpose turboprop aircraft.

Besides the transport of up to 19 passengers the aircraft can be configured for various special mission roles like maritime surveillance, border and fishery patrol, oil pollution control as well as environmental research.

The Do 228 New Generation is a completely modernized and enhanced Do 228-212 which was in production until 1999.

Fuselage, wings and tail unit are manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in Kanpur (India) and transported to Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, where RUAG Aviation carries out aircraft final assembly and outfitting.

The most visible enhancements:

• Complete new digital glass cockpit
  
• State-of-the-art navigation and communication systems
  
• New five-bladed composite propeller
  
• New cabin layout with new comfort seats

The new Do 228 NG features excellent flight characteristics such as short-take-off capability, high payload and long range as well as its capability to take-off and land from unpaved runways with limited ground support services.

The aircraft will be already delivered by RUAG Aviation to Lufttransport AS in September 2010 and brings the Do 228 NG order book to 12 aircraft.

EASA certifies modernised Dornier 228NG

Europe's safety regulator has certified the Dorner 228NG turboprop, manufacturer RUAG's extensively-modified version of the twin-engined 228 airframe.
RUAG is preparing delivery of the first aircraft to its Japanese launch customer, having formally received the type certificate for the 228NG from the European Aviation Safety Agency today, two-and-a-half years after starting the programme.
Initial flight tests of the first production example, serial number 8300, were carried out on 30 July from the assembly plant at Oberpfaffenhofen.
"During this flight the entire scheduled in-flight test programme could be performed," say RUAG. "The two pilots...confirmed, after the flight, the excellent flight characteristics and the enhanced flight performance of the [aircraft]."
The modernised [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] 228 includes a 'glass cockpit', more powerful engines and a five-bladed composite propeller, as well as some 300 other system enhancements