Piaggio Aerospace: three new P.180 Avanti “EVO+” delivered to the Italian Armed Forces

After completing the test flights, Piaggio Aerospace delivered to the Italian Air Force three P.180 Avanti EVO+, the iconic 9-seater aircraft designed and assembled by Piaggio Aerospace in its facilities located in Villanova d’Albenga and Genoa.

The three aircraft, which will be assigned to the Air Transport Training School (S.A.T.A.) of the Italian Air Force in Pratica di Mare (Rome), are the first of the 15 brand-new P.180 Avanti EVO+ presently ordered and contractualized by the Italian Armed Forces as part of a modernization programme of the whole fleet, which also includes the retrofit of some additional aircraft currently in service. Piaggio Aerospace expects to deliver one more new aircraft and a retrofitted one by February 2025.

Both the new and the modernized aircraft carry an original configuration that Piaggio Aerospace engineered and certified based on the most recent aviation technology. Renovated avionics and new landing gears equipped with cutting-edge antiskid, braking and steering systems are some of the innovations introduced.

Some months ago, Piaggio Aerospace returned a wholly upgraded and certified P.180 “Avanti I” (the first release of the aircraft) to the Armed Forces. The new configuration is now called Avanti II+.