French Flight School, Mermoz Academy, Orders 6 Elixir Aircraft

Elixir Aircraft is pleased to announce thesaleof six 4th generation ElixirstoMermozFlightAcademy.

The aircraft manufacturer andprofessional flight trainingorganisationshare a common territory and common ambitions. To make aviation accessible, safe, efficient, but above all more committed to the planet. Elixir Aircraft offers an aircraft that covers all the needs of a modernflightschool while reducing carbon emissions by nearly 70% compared to otheroldgeneration aircraft.

Elixir Aircraft andMermozAcademy are pleased to exhibit an Elixir in the colors ofMermozAcademy atAeroFriedrischafen. The configuration chosen by the school isfullGarminglass cockpit,to allowfor training adapted to the needs of airlines. Elixir Aircraft wishes to be part of this relationship for the long term and is convinced that theMermozFlight Academy and Elixir Aircraft duo will be beneficial for the training of future generations of pilots.

Followingits success with Airbus Flight Academy, Elixir Aircraft isfocused onits commercial and industrial development, withmore than Seventy Elixiron firm orderin Europealone. With agrowingstaff ofover100 people, the company’s priority is to ramp up production. Thiscontinueddevelopmentincludesthe construction of a new 12,000m² factory at La Rochelle airport in the coming months.

About Elixir Aircraft

ElixirAircraft, a company headquartered in La Rochelle, France, with over 100 employees, was created in 2015 to meet the challenges faced by the Global General aviation sector. The objective of the French company: to make safer, moreeconomicaland more versatile aircraft. Complexity is the reason why current aircraft suffer from failures (technical or human), and are expensive to operate (consumption and maintenance). Elixir Aircraft employstechnologyfrom the world of competitive sailing, the CarbonOneshot, to simplify the structures. More simplicity means less failure, therefore more safety, but also less maintenance, and less costs (estimates of40€/h of fuel and maintenance).

Sinceearly 2022, Elixir Aircraft opened a new production site inPérigny, Charente Maritime, to internalize the entire production of carbon parts.

4th generation two-seater aircraft certified EASA CS-23 FAA Part 23 Pending100 employees, including 50 new hires since the first quarter of 20212 productions sites in France, one of2300m², the other of1000m²square70 aircraft on firm order+140 aircraft pre-ordered or in letter of Intent (LOI)

About Mermoz Academy

MERMOZ ACADEMYisa reference ATO in Europe since 1957. The academy trains 150 students a year on different bases South of France, (Nimes), near Paris (Tours), in the USA and Canada. Instructors are former Air Force pilots and Airliners pilots to offering students the highest industry’s standards training.

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