Deutsche Aircraft wraps up a landmark week at Paris Air Show 2025

Le Bourget, 24 June 2025 – Deutsche Aircraft has concluded a highly successful week at the Paris Air Show 2025, announcing a series of strategic milestones and partnerships that underscore its commitment to innovation, sustainability and European aerospace leadership.

Throughout the week, Deutsche Aircraft showcased its next-generation 40-seater regional turboprop, the D328eco®, drawing significant attention from industry leaders, government officials and aviation enthusiasts. The aircraft’s advanced capabilities and environmental benefits were on full display at Chalet #264, where the team engaged in meaningful discussions with partners and stakeholders about the future of regional aviation.

Key highlights of the Paris Air Show included:

Garmin G5000® PRIME flight deck unveiled: Deutsche Aircraft introduced the cutting-edge Garmin G5000® PRIME integrated flight deck for the D328eco, which will enhance pilot experience and operational efficiency.

Strategic leadership evolution: The company announced a leadership transition with Nico Neumann appointed as CEO of Deutsche Aircraft and Dave Jackson stepping into the role of CEO of Deutsche Aircraft Group, reinforcing the company’s strategic direction.

Special mission platform partnership: In collaboration with Aerodata AG, Deutsche Aircraft signed an MoU to develop a German-made D328eco Special Mission Aircraft, designed to improve Europe’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.

Innovation in propulsion: Deutsche Aircraft and Pratt & Whitney Canada advanced their partnership to integrate the PW127XT-S engine into the D328eco, supporting cleaner and more efficient regional air travel.

Empennage supplier finalised: The selection of Aernnova as the empennage supplier completes the primary structure lineup for the D328eco programme, representing a major milestone on the path to full-scale production.

These announcements reflect Deutsche Aircraft’s unwavering commitment to building a sustainable and resilient future for regional aviation. The D328eco continues to gain momentum as a platform that blends legacy and reliability with modern innovation.

“The Paris Air Show 2025 has been a defining moment for Deutsche Aircraft,” remarked Nico Neumann, CEO of Deutsche Aircraft. “We are proud to share our progress and vision with the global aerospace community and to continue shaping the future of flight from the heart of Europe.”

Deutsche Aircraft thanks all its partners, visitors and stakeholders for their support and engagement during the air show. The company will continue its journey towards delivering the first D328eco and redefining regional connectivity.

For media enquiries, please contact pressoffice@deutscheaircraft.com

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Deutsche Aircraft wraps up a landmark week at Paris Air Show 2025

June 24, 2025
Deutsche Aircraft wraps up a landmark week at Paris Air Show 2025

Le Bourget, 24 June 2025 – Deutsche Aircraft has concluded a highly successful week at the Paris Air Show 2025, announcing a series of strategic milestones and partnerships that underscore its commitment to innovation, sustainability and European aerospace leadership.

Throughout the week, Deutsche Aircraft showcased its next-generation 40-seater regional turboprop, the D328eco®, drawing significant attention from industry leaders, government officials and aviation enthusiasts. The aircraft’s advanced capabilities and environmental benefits were on full display at Chalet #264, where the team engaged in meaningful discussions with partners and stakeholders about the future of regional aviation.

Key highlights of the Paris Air Show included:

Garmin G5000® PRIME flight deck unveiled: Deutsche Aircraft introduced the cutting-edge Garmin G5000® PRIME integrated flight deck for the D328eco, which will enhance pilot experience and operational efficiency.

Strategic leadership evolution: The company announced a leadership transition with Nico Neumann appointed as CEO of Deutsche Aircraft and Dave Jackson stepping into the role of CEO of Deutsche Aircraft Group, reinforcing the company’s strategic direction.

Special mission platform partnership: In collaboration with Aerodata AG, Deutsche Aircraft signed an MoU to develop a German-made D328eco Special Mission Aircraft, designed to improve Europe’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.

Innovation in propulsion: Deutsche Aircraft and Pratt & Whitney Canada advanced their partnership to integrate the PW127XT-S engine into the D328eco, supporting cleaner and more efficient regional air travel.

Empennage supplier finalised: The selection of Aernnova as the empennage supplier completes the primary structure lineup for the D328eco programme, representing a major milestone on the path to full-scale production.

These announcements reflect Deutsche Aircraft’s unwavering commitment to building a sustainable and resilient future for regional aviation. The D328eco continues to gain momentum as a platform that blends legacy and reliability with modern innovation.

“The Paris Air Show 2025 has been a defining moment for Deutsche Aircraft,” remarked Nico Neumann, CEO of Deutsche Aircraft. “We are proud to share our progress and vision with the global aerospace community and to continue shaping the future of flight from the heart of Europe.”

Deutsche Aircraft thanks all its partners, visitors and stakeholders for their support and engagement during the air show. The company will continue its journey towards delivering the first D328eco and redefining regional connectivity.

About the data:
- Source: Cirium
- Schedules data: full year 2019 vs. 2020 – excludes non-scheduled flying
- In-service data:
- For 2019 the data is dated April while for 2020 it’s dated October. We wanted to compare “shoulder month” to shoulder month, however April 2020 wouldn’t have captured the immediate impact of Coronavirus as our dataset classes aircraft as in storage after 3 months of inactivity.

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New talent appointed to strengthen the Deutsche aircraft programme

As part of its continued support of Deutsche Aircraft’s D328eco aircraft programme, 328 Support Services GmbH recently appointed a panel of “talent experts” to further strengthen the overall team and ensure strong management structure and processes are in place across the D328eco development programme. Today we focus on the Engineering & Programme departments.

On the programme side, Mr. Peter Spyrka has been appointed Director of Programmes. Peter brings over 20 years’ experience in the global aerospace industry with engineering & development works on both civil and military aircraft programmes. Prior to joining Deutsche Aircraft, Peter worked at Airbus, leading the Hybrid Electric Propulsion System development programme for demonstrator projects. He also worked for Fairchild Dornier back in the late 1990’s.

In Engineering, Mr. Jean-Damien Mazeau has been appointed as our new Head of Propulsion Systems. Jean-Damien also brings more than 20 years’ aeronautical experience to Deutsche Aircraft, having built most of his career at Airbus. He was most recently involved with the A320neo’s entry into service, in charge of propulsion system’s global technical Support.

Last but not least, Dr. Stefan Brunner brings more than two decades of expertise and experience to his position as Head of Airframe. Throughout his career, Stefan spent more than 17 years working directly for the Airbus group where he was heavily involved with a wide variety of major engineering programmes on both commercial aviation and defence & space programmes. In his new role, Stefan will be responsible for design, analysis and modification of the D328eco airframe’s primary structure (Fuselage, Fairings, Wing, Empennage), as well as establishing new processes and procedures to complete aircraft development. Finally, he is responsible for ensuring compliance with the European Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations.

In addition to Peter, Jean Damien and Stefan, we are also proud to announce that we have been busy hiring new talent from not only within Germany, but from all over the world. Coming from a variety of companies within the aerospace industry, we look forward to utilising our new team members’ skills and expertise to achieve the entry into service scheduled for 2025.

All are great assets to the current Engineering & Programme team and will, without a doubt, help support Deutsche Aircraft’s development programme over the coming years.

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