New Piper Aircraft and Exxon Mobil Aviation Lubricants have agreed in principle to launch a joint marketing programme, a move which New Piper president and chief executive Chuck Suma says is part of the company's plan to more than double revenues in the next five years.

Suma says the joint effort is also an example of the personal commitment he made to Piper dealers a year ago to "significantly change the way we work with customers and to further enhance the relationship between New Piper and our dealer network".

The provisional marketing agreement follows the recent announcement that New Piper has chosen Exxon Elite 20W-50 semi-synthetic aviation oil to be the factory-fill lubricant for the 2001 Malibu Mirage and Saratoga II TC aircraft.

Source: Flight Daily News