Jiangsu Aero AT will build a production facility in China to built the six-seat M-20 Mewa utility aircraft at the Changzhou Konggang Ind...
Jiangsu Aero AT will build a production facility in China to built the six-seat M-20 Mewa utility aircraft at the Changzhou Konggang Industrial Park.
Poland-based Aero AT Ltd., Jiangsu Aero AT Aviation Technologies and Changzhou National Hi-Tech District entered into an investment agreement on October 30, 2015.
The manufacturing facility encompasses a total investment of US$150 million, including an initial registered capital of US$60 million.
In May 2013, Aero AT (Jiangsu) Aviation Industrial acquired Poland's Aero AT Ltd. outright, becoming China's first private general aviation firm to own a foreign fully-assembled aircraft maker wholly.
In April of this year, Aero AT (Jiangsu) Aviation Industrial bought the entire collection of intellectual property for the M-20 Mewa from U.S.-based Sikorsky Aircraft's subsidiary PZL Mielec in Poland. It is a licence-built version of the Piper PA-34 Seneca II.
After several trips, Aero AT (Jiangsu) finally decided to set up its fully-assembled general aircraft manufacturing facility, especially outfitted to produce the M-20, in Changzhou Konggang Industrial Park.
The M-20 Mewa is a twin-engine, six-seat, light-duty business jet constructed using advanced metal digital processing technology.
In addition to the approval received in 1982 for operation in Europe, the aircraft has received air worthiness certificates from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Airservices Australia.
The M-20 Mewa is widely used for private business travel, air rescue, short-distance cargo hauling and mail transport as well as twin-engine instrument flight training and specialized military flights. The first M-20 Mewa is expected to roll off the production line at the facility in 2017, followed by 50 aircraft annually starting in 2018.
It is powered by two Teledyne Continental TSIO/LTSIO-360-KB piston engines rated at 165 kW each.
