Nextant and GE are collaborating on a new turboprop twin — the G90XT announced at the NBAA Convention in Las Vegas. Like Nextant’s 400XTi, the turboprop adds new technology to a refurbished airframe, in this case the King Air C90. Nextant is adding brand new GE H80 engines, Garmin G1000 avionics and a new cabin to the airframe.
The G90XT, which Nextant claims is the first remanufactured turboprop, is expected to enter the market next year with a price tag of $2.2 million. Beechcraft introduced the C90 in the early 1980s and, since then, 1,500 airplanes have been delivered in the series, so Nextant expects to have a sufficient number of fuselages to select from. The birth of the G90XT will take place Cleveland, Ohio in a facility next door to where Nextant’s 400XTi is currently being produced.
