KAI provee con 2 T-50TH a Tailandia

KAI Delivers Two T-50TH to Thailand

Two T-50TH have been delivered to Thailand 

KAI delivers two advanced trainer jets to Thailand

South Korea’s sole military aircraft manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) said on Monday that it began delivery of its T-50TH supersonic trainer jets to Thailand’s Air Force as a part of a deal won from the Thai government in 2015.

The trainer jets arrived at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base via a 12-hour 6,658 kilometer ferry flight after leaving Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, at 9 a.m., and flying through Taiwan, the Philippines, and Malaysia, on Monday.




T-50TH with body number 40101

An unnamed official from KAI said that it signed a $110 million contract with the Thai government in 2015 to export four T-50TH trainer jets. Two of four aircrafts were delivered on Monday and the remaining two will arrive in the Southeast Asian country in March, the official said.

KAI also signed a $260 million worth contract to export 8 more T-50TH to Thailand in July, last year.

It is the third time for KAI to deliver jets via a ferry flight in which a pilot delivers a new aircraft directly to the customer without using another means of transportation.

T-50TH with body number 40102 

KAI delivered 15 T-50i aircrafts to Indonesia in 2014 and 12 FA-50PH jets to the Philippines in 2015, both via ferry flight.

T-50 aircrafts were first exported to Indonesia in 2011. A total of 64 T-50 aircrafts worth $2.9 billion have been exported so far to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. KAI is currently pushing to export T-50 advanced aircrafts to the United States, Botswana, and Argentina.

As of 2:10 p.m., shares of KAI were up 1.79 percent at 48,450 won ($45.5) on Tuesday.

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