Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Cessna 408 SkyCourier by Cessna
Aircraft Category
Choose one: A / **B** / C / D / E / F
22m wingspan. B Class 15-<24m
Purpose or Role in Game
Regional passenger/freight turboprop
Why should this aircraft be added?
Small aircraft that is currently being manufactured and is likely to be a replacement for the C208. Is pootling around the Caribbean and is operational in the USA in and out of Memphis and other FedEx hubs, so wouldn’t be too far removed to see it at the playable airports.
Airlines that use it
FedEx (Launch Customer) (50 ordered) (30ish in operation),Mountain Air Cargo (On behalf of FedEx) (12 in operation),
Morningstar Air Express (On behalf of FedEx) (1 delivered recently) (1st in Canada),
Empire Airlines (On behalf of FedEx) (6 in operation),
Corporate Air (9 operated on behalf of FedEx),
Titan Airways (2 combi’s ordered),
Everts Air Alaska.
Special characteristics or variants
Designed by Cessna with FedEx as was the 208, the aircraft is capable of all the things the 208 is as well as being able to carry more passengers and freight.Passenger variant: Can carry up to 19 people at 210 knots (390 km/h; 240 mph), wiat a range of 386 nautical miles (715 km; 444 mi).
Freight variant: Designed to carry 3 LD3 containers with option for a rolling floor.
Combi variant: Allows for 9 passengers at the front with freight behind.
Optional: Links or references
Cessna 408 SkyCourier - WikipediaCessna - SkyCourier
