
The
Dornier Do 228 is a small twin-
turboprop STOL utility aircraft, manufactured by
Dornier GmbH (later
DASA Dornier,
Fairchild-Dornier) from
1981 until
1998. In
1983 Hindustan Aeronautics bought a production licence and manufactures the 228 for the Asian market sphere. Approximately 270 Do 228 were built at
Oberpfaffenhofen,
Germany and
Kanpur, India. In August
2006, 127 Dornier Do 228 aircraft (all variants) remain in airline service.
[1] RUAG will commence building a
Dornier 228 New Generation at the same place in Germany using structural parts supplied by HAL. It will be basically the same aircraft with improved technologies and performances, such as a new five blade propeller, glass cockpit or longer range.
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