The CANT Z.1012 was a small three-engined monoplane built in Italy in the late 1930s to carry either three or five passengers depending on the engines.

In 1937 CANT (Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico) won a contract to build an aircraft for the Italian diplomatic corps in their embassies abroad.

[citation needed] It was a low wing cantilever monoplane with an aerodynamically clean wooden structure and plywood skin.

The single spar wings were tapered, carrying balanced ailerons and slotted flaps inboard.

[1][2] The Z.1012 was powered by three inverted air-cooled inline engines, one mounted in the nose and the other two in long fairings on the wings.