Qatar may sign an order for Aermacchi T-346 Master jet trainers during the two-day visit by Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini, according to Italian media reports. Guerini arrived in Doha Tuesday night.
Qatar’s interest in Italian training capabilities is not new. In July 2019, the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Qatari Air Force came to Rome for talks with his Italian counterpart, preceded by a visit to the international flight school in Galatina, which focused on the T-346 Integrated Training System. Qatari officials had visited Galatina in April 2019 to see the T-346 operations, while in November 2018 the aircraft was taken to Qatar during a Middle East sales tour organized by the Italian Air Force and defense contractor Leonardo.
Qatar; Air Force to order M-346 trainers soon