China's Hao Hai General Aviation will buy 11 Cessna Grand Caravan single engine turboprop aircraft, and three Citation Encore+ business jets.
Deliveries are expected to begin in the first half of 2011, says Cessna. Hao Hai already operates two Grand Caravan aircraft.
The Grand Caravan can take off from airfields short as 2,420ft, has a range of 917nm, and has a maximum cruise speed of 184kts, says Cessna. The Caravan's first delivery was two decades ago, and since then Cessna has delivered more than 1,500.
The Encore+ has a range of 1,785 miles, and Cessna says the aircraft can hit 428kts true airspeed. It is powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW535B engines with dual-channel full authority digital engine control (FADEC), and is equipped with the Collins Pro-Line 21 avionics suite.
Source: Flight Daily News
