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Dirgantara delivers NC212i to Thailand
The plane is expected to arrive in the Southeast Asian country on Thursday.
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The NC212i aircraft took a ferry flight on Tuesday from DI's delivery center hangar in Bandung, West Java. (Courtesy of PT Dirgantara Indonesia/-)
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tate-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) has sent one NC212i aircraft ordered by Thailand’s Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry. The plane is expected to arrive in the Southeast Asian country on Thursday.
The aircraft took a ferry flight on Tuesday from DI's delivery center hangar in Bandung, West Java, and it stopped by Hang Nadim Airport in Batam before flying to Thailand’s Hat Yai International Airport and to Nakhon Sawan Air Base in Muang, Thailand, as its last destination.
The multifunctional aircraft, the newest generation of the NC212 series with a capacity of 28 passengers, was piloted by DI's chief test pilot Capt. Esther Gayatri Saleh and copilot Capt. Ervan Gustanto on the ferry flight.
DI marketing director Ade Yuyu Wahyuna said the Department of Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation at the ministry was set to conduct the final welcoming ceremony for the aircraft on Friday.
The Indonesian aircraft producer signed an agreement worth US$25.2 million with Thailand’s AICE Enterprises on the procurement of two NC212i aircraft on March 17, 2017.
The other aircraft is set to be handed over by the end of this year.
Ade said the NC212i aircraft was considered to meet Thailand’s defense requirements. In addition, Thailand’s close proximity to Indonesia also made it easier for DI to provide after-sales support for the neighboring country.
