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FeAtUre BUsiness Jets

Magnificent EVOlution

The Piaggio avanti EVO, fondly called the ‘Ferrari of the Skies’, is poised to take the
fast-growing private aviation market by storm

By Jay Menon

tHe stAte-oF-tHe-Art AvAnti evo, When the Avanti EVO was unveiled key component of that ambition.
the third generation of the legendary P.180, at EBACE, it represented an important As Piaggio Aero embarks on a new
places Piaggio Aerospace firmly into the first milestone under the new majority chapter in its growth and future development,
business aviation market, delivering a shareholder ownership of Mubadala. it insists that it will keep producing and
blend of sophistication and ruggedness in When the Abu-Dhabi-based investment supporting the Avanti EVO as it is a “perfect
true Italian style. Since Avanti EVO made and development company took control of starting point that underpins future growth.”
its public debut at the European Business Piaggio Aero, the plan was to develop the Discounting all notions that Piaggio
Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) product portfolio and invest in a new state- may be shifting its focus from the business
in Geneva in 2014, Piaggio has delivered over of-the-art production facility at Villanova aviation market to the defence sector, for
half-a-dozen production aircraft. d’Albenga, Savona, Italy – and the EVO was a which it is developing the Hammerhead

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