Deutsche Aircraft has selected three additional suppliers for its D328eco programme as development activities at the German manufacturer continue.

Announced at the Aircraft Supplier Summit in Leipzig – the future production site of the D328eco – the selections include Bucher Leichtbau to supply the aircraft’s galley and partitions, Elbe Flugzeugwerke for fuselage floor panels, and Reiser Simulation and Training for an engineering cockpit simulator.

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Source: Deutsche Aircraft

Deutsche Aircraft says the latest tranche of suppliers were chosen “based on their time-to-market capabilities, supply chain resilience, sustainability across the lifecycle of the product and economic reality”.

Supply chain partners already signed up to the programme include Pratt & Whitney Canada, which will provide the D328eco’s twin PW127XT-S engines, and Heggemann, which will develop the landing gear.

Service entry for the D328eco – a stretched and modernised version of the original Dornier D328 twin-turboprop – is due in the second half of 2026.

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