AeroGuard to Acquire 90 Archers from Piper Aircraft

The deal will nearly double the pilot training company’s aircraft fleet to more than 200.

Jonathan Welsh

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 03:06 PM ET

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AeroGuard's order of new Piper Archers will almost double the size of the company's fleet. [Courtesy: Piper Aircraft]

Key Takeaways:

AeroGuard Flight Training Center placed an order for 90 new Piper PA-28 Archer TX aircraft, which will nearly double its current fleet to over 200 planes.
This significant fleet expansion will increase AeroGuard's capacity to train hundreds of new airline cadets annually across its U.S. and Saudi Arabia campuses.
AeroGuard aims to become the leading global flight training academy, leveraging its growing fleet and a pipeline of over 600 U.S. graduates who serve as flight instructors.

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Piper Aircraft and AeroGuard Flight Training Center announced an agreement under which AeroGuard has placed an order for 90 new PA-28 Archer TXs. The addition of the Piper trainers will nearly double the size of AeroGuard’s fleet to more than 200 aircraft.

AeroGuard has three campuses in the U.S. and one in Saudi Arabia. Together they train more than 2,000 student pilots for careers with airlines such as Cathay Pacific and SkyWest. AeroGuard also has a number of other airline and university partners across the Middle East, India, and the rest of Asia.