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Aircraft Industries L 410 NG ("New Generation") is a twin-engine 19-seat aircraft manufactured by the Czech company, Aircraft Industries (formerly Let Kunovice). The aircraft is an upgraded version of the Let L 410 UVP-E20. The first flight took place on 29 July 2015. Serial production of the L 410 NG began in March 2018.
The Let L-410 Turbolet is a twin-engine short-range transport aircraft designed and produced by the Czech aircraft manufacturer Let Kunovice (named Aircraft Industries since 2005). It was developed as the L-400 during the 1960s in response to an Aeroflot requirement for an Antonov An-2 replacement and performed its maiden flight on 16 April 1969.
Let L-410 Turbolet: 1969 1,200+ Twin engine regional airliner Aircraft Industries L 410 NG [13] [14] 2015 Upgraded version of the L-410UVP-E20 Let L-420 (I) 1960s commuterliner project; predecessor of L-410 Let L-420 (II) 1980s projected cargo freighter version of L-410 Let L-420: Westernized variant of L-410; upgraded L-410UVP-E Let L-430
The airline was set up in 2002 under the name of Air Polonia Cargo Sp. z o.o. It started freight and mail flights in April 2004, with three Let L-410 UVP-E aircraft. Later that year the airline was renamed to Sky Express Sp. z o.o. and acquired its first Saab 340A turboprops (SP-KPF and SP-KPE - the first Saab 340s to be entered into the Polish Aircraft Register).
Let L-410 Turbolet. Many Let L-410 Turbolets were delivered to the former Soviet Union and ex-Soviet states and stayed there and in Russia, but some have been also sold to airlines in Asia, Africa, Central America, and South America. Forty aircraft are in use throughout Europe for commercial operation or skydiving. [1]
Founded in 1998, the company operated scheduled cargo flights with Let L-410 Turbolet, Saab 340, ATR 42, Airbus A300 and Boeing 737 freight aircraft. [4] The airline signed a contract with DHL in 2001 followed by cooperations with TNT and United Parcel Service in 2003.
Also in 2015, Boeing forecast belly freight to rise to 63% while specialised cargoes would represent 37% of a 1,200 billion ATKs in 2035. [2] The Cargo Facts Consulting firm forecasts that the global freighter fleet will rise from 1,782 to 2,920 cargo aircraft from 2019 to 2039. [3]
A Let L-410 Turbolet similar to the aircraft involved. The aircraft involved was an Let 410UVP-E20, registration RA-67047, msn 3010. It first flew in 2015 and was powered by two General Electric H80-200 engines. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown for 1,693 hours and completed 1,071 flights. [1] [3]