USA – ATP Flight School, the largest flight training organisation in the United States by fleet size and pilot throughput, has commenced deliveries of over 30 new training aircraft in 2026 from Piper Aircraft and Textron Aviation.

• The first delivery of 2026 was a Garmin G1000 NXi-equipped Piper Seminole, a twin-engine aircraft integral to ATP’s multi-engine training curriculum, with over 100 Seminoles already in service across its network.

• This was followed by the arrival of the first of 27 Cessna 172 Skyhawks, which will be delivered throughout the year. ATP has added 144 new Skyhawks over the past two years, with additional deliveries scheduled into 2027.

• With a current fleet of 658 aircraft flying over 600,000 hours annually, ATP operates one of the youngest and most technologically advanced flight training fleets in the world.

• ATP’s maintenance operations span 26 Tech Ops bases nationwide, implementing a predictive maintenance strategy that exceeds FAA requirements and minimizes downtime, ensuring safety and training continuity.

• These aircraft investments are aligned with ATP’s role in training 25% of all new-hire regional airline pilots in the United States—serving over 2,500 students annually.

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• “With ATP training 25% of all regional airline new hire pilots, our investment in fleet growth is crucial in keeping pace with demand for ATP-trained pilots,” said Michael Arnold, Vice President of Marketing, ATP Flight School. “As the nation’s most trusted provider of airline pilots, only ATP has the aircraft and resource capability to consistently deliver a proven, no-compromise airline career solution to over 2,500 students each year.”

Source: ATP Flight School
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