Elixir Aircraft Starts Deliveries for Leading Edge Aviation

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Elixir Aircraft has delivered the first of five aircraft ordered by UK school Leading Edge Aviation for its Spanish base. The contract, a three-way deal with aircraft rental company Green Aerolease, was signed in October 2024.

Following an in-depth market study, Leading Edge Aviation, one of Europe's leading flight schools, has chosen Elixir Aircraft to renew its fleet of 21 aircraft.

This first delivery follows the contract signed in October 2024. The aircraft will join the Alhama base in Murcia (Spain).

This order, which brings the number of aircraft in Elixir Aircraft's order book to over 300, has also led to the launch of a rental offer in partnership with Green Aerolease.

This offer, which facilitated the transaction with Leading Edge Aviation, allows professional schools interested in the Elixir to acquire their aircraft through an “all included” rental service (aircraft itself, insurance and maintenance).




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Elixir Aircraft is a French aircraft manufacturer founded in 2015 to meet the challenges of global light aviation. Based in La Rochelle, it has over 150 employees and is recruiting massively. Elixir Aircraft designed and has been building a 4th-generation two-seater aircraft, certified EASA CS-23 since 2020. Elixir Aircraft uses technology from the world of competitive sailing, the "Carbon Oneshot" (in one piece), to simplify structures. More simplicity means fewer failures, so greater safety, but also less maintenance, and lower costs (estimates of savings of $50/h fuel and maintenance). At the end of 2021, Elixir Aircraft opened a new production site in Périgny, Charente Maritime, to bring production of all carbon parts in-house. There are 27 Elixir aircraft currently in operation, with over 300 of the 4th-generation Elixir aircraft on the order book (firm orders, pre-orders and letters of intent). In June 2023, the French President announced a 13-million euro subsidy for Elixir Aircraft. In early 2024, Elixir Aircraft announced the closing of its development financing for the next 5 years, with a budget of 40 million euros. Elixir Aircraft is preparing to open a new 15,000 m2 facility in La Rochelle and another in Sarasota, Florida. www.elixir-aircraft.com

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