Italian aircraft maker Tecnam has signed a 90-aircraft commercial deal with US Aviation Academy, one of the largest flight training schools in North America.
The US company has placed a firm order for 38 aircraft with an additional 52 options, to be confirmed in 2026-27.
The order includes a mix of single-engine P2010 and twin-engine P2006T MKII aircraft, powered by Lycoming IO-360 and Rotax 912S3 engines, respectively.
The exact quantities of each model have not been disclosed yet, but the part of the order that has already been firmed, will be delivered in the course of the next 12 months, through to Q1 2026.
Headquartered in Texas, US Aviation Academy has several bases across the US where it trains around 1,500 students at any one time, many of which end up working for the country’s largest airlines as pilots or technicians. To do so, it operates a fleet of approximately 175 aircraft of different types, as of March 2025.
This deal is the latest in a string of orders Tecnam has received from flight training schools in Q1 2025.
The Italian company announced sales totalling 21 aircraft combined to pilot schools in the UK, Poland and Cyprus during Pilot Expo 2025, which took place in Berlin, Germany, in February 2025. Prior to that, in January 2025, it also announced the sale of seven aircraft to Mexican flight training school Viva.
