Two ICON Flight Centers Are Up An Running, Company Says

ICON Aircraft recently started so-called customer deliveries, and says it has delivered six of its A5 light sport amphibious aircraft to customers in June and July. These are the first customer deliveries the company has made since announcing a production delay last spring. The owners are located in Washington, California, Montana, and Texas, and have been using their aircraft regularly, flying to destinations that include the San Juan Islands, Flathead Lake, and Lake Powell.

Over the last 18 months, ICON claims to have made major investments in the business, but the details are questionable. Two ICON Flight Centers (IFC NorCal and Tampa) are supposedly up and running with over 125 students having been trained in the A5. An 'improved' Model Year 2018 (MY18) A5 is now in production and incorporates numerous design changes. ICON also claims to have completed its own state-of-the-art composites manufacturing facility to build carbon fiber airframes. The greenfield facility is operational and has started supplying just a few airframes. The first MY18 A5s with ICON-made airframes will allegedly be ready for delivery in September. A5 production may ramp up gradually for the remainder of 2017 (but probably not, if the history of this troubled company continues, as is) and then accelerate throughout 2018.

(Source: ICON news release. Image from file)

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