German Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Deutsche Aircraft has awarded a contract to Jaivel Aerospace to update and develop design and manufacturing standards and specifications for the 40-seater D328eco regional turboprop. This follows a successful pilot programme created by the Deutsche Aircraft and Jaivel Aerospace teams, based out of Germany, the United Kingdom & India. The goal of this collaboration is to develop comprehensive standards and specifications for D328eco that leverage modern design and manufacturing practices, whilst ensuring compliance to global aerospace standards.

“The entire Jaivel Aerospace team is extremely proud to be part of the Deutsche Aircraft D328eco program. The credit for this goes to the Deutsche Aircraft and Jaivel teams that collaborated to develop standards and specification framework, that will be rolled out to entire D328eco program.” said Vipul Vachhani, Founder & CEO, Jaivel Aerospace. “Building on great track record of D328, the D328eco is uniquely positioned to offer the right seat-mile cost with higher utilisation and reliability in its class.”

Nico Neumann, COO at Deutsche Aircraft states “We look forward to collaborate further with Jaivel Aerospace on the update and where required new development of design and manufacturing standards for the D328eco programme. The extension of the contract is based on a successful pilot program created by both teams. India is a key market in the APAC region for Deutsche Aircraft, and this collaboration represents another commitment in India and the ‘Make in India’ initiative.”