ATP Flight School expands fleet

Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, announced an agreementwith long-term customer, ATP Flight School, for orders and options for up to100 Cessna Skyhawk aircraft through 2023. The new aircraft will besupplementing and replacing aircraft in ATP’s current fleet of over 375aircraft and adds to the 20 Skyhawks ATP has already taken delivery of over thelast year.

The new Skyhawks will be used exclusively by students in ATP’s Airline Career Pilot Program, as they become airline pilots amid the unprecedented demand for airline pilots. The stable flight characteristics, advanced avionics, and dispatch reliability of the airplane have made it a dependable training platform for ATP, who flies 31,000 flight hours per month.