Fri, May 08, 2015
Airplane Now In The Hands Of Tropicair Of Papua New Guinea
The first Twin Otter X2 produced by Ikhana Aircraft Services (Ikhana) has been delivered to Tropicair Ltd. of Papua New Guinea.
John A. Zublin, Ikhana President and CEO, said the airplane is unlike any Twin Otter aircraft on the market.
Zublin said the X2 is a zerotime airplane with technological improvements. Mr. Tony Honey, CEO and founder of Tropicair Ltd. said The Twin Otter X2 provides the carrier "with a value that makes sense and expands on our ability to service the entire region. This aircraft is ideally equipped to fit within our operation as the provider of the best maintained and most reliable turbine powered aircraft in the region.”
The aircraft sale was managed by Hopkinson Aircraft Sales Ltd. Ikhana’s “Re-Life” process delivers the Twin Otter X2 as a “Zero Time” Twin Otter with new structural life limits of 66,000 hours or 132,000 cycles, whichever comes first, the same as a factory-new aircraft. Offered with a brand new interior, new engines, customized avionics, and all new wiring, the Twin Otter X2 combines Ikhana’s Supplemental Type Certificates (STC’s) to “Re-Life” the entire airplane to a new fully useful life. The Twin Otter X2 includes the RWMI DHC-6 Re-Life Wing Box, RMWI DHC-6 Re-Life Nacelles, RWMI DHC-6 Re-Life Flight Controls, and RWMI DHC-6 Re-Life Fuselage Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs), which are FAA, TCCA, and EASA approved.
(Images provided by Ikhana)
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