Flightline Group Adds GA, TN, Rest of FL
The New Piper Aircraft, Inc., has named SouthEast
Piper as its exclusive dealer in the States of Georgia, Tennessee,
and Florida. SouthEast Piper is the newly created trade name
for the Aircraft Sales Division of Florida-based FLIGHTLINE Group,
Inc., which currently operates as the exclusive New Piper dealer in
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of Florida. With this
announcement, New Piper furthers its mission to combine the best
possible customer service initiatives with the highest quality
general aviation aircraft.
In making this decision to expand FLIGHTLINE's
geographic territory, New Piper looked to the organization's
experienced leadership, operational and developmental experience,
excellent reputation, and, most importantly, its commitment to
customer satisfaction. SouthEast Piper will operate sales
offices in Tallahassee and Vero Beach, Florida; and Atlanta,
Georgia. Service Centers will operate throughout the
territory.
"At New Piper we have taken an aggressive position of offering
the best possible customer care initiatives that rival those of any
company in any industry," says New Piper President and CEO Chuck
Suma. "When we look to forge new dealer partnerships, we must
be one hundred percent satisfied that those partners share our
vision for the future of the general aviation industry, especially
with respect to customer care. History tells us that our
customers in the regions covered by FLIGHTLINE, are in very good
hands so it is with total confidence that we award this expanded
territory."
In
making this commitment, FLIGHTLINE's Chairman & CEO, Paul "Mac"
Langston, commented, "In expanding and sustaining a mutually
beneficial, long-term Dealer Family relationship with New Piper,
our organization is able to share New Piper's vision and values for
excellence and quality.
FLIGHTLINE, founded in Tallahassee, Florida, in 1982, is owned
and operated by brothers, Mac and Danny Langston. Since its
inception, the development of quality innovative services and
aviation facilities has elevated FLIGHTLINE to the forefront of
aviation in the Southeast. The Company has been the recipient
of numerous awards including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of
the Year Award for Business Leadership, the Jim Moran Institute
Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence, ExxonMobil's Gold &
Silver Premier Spirit Award for image and service and the National
Business Aircraft Association's Aviation Safety Award for 20 years
of accident-free flying.