Business Charter Company Will Operate The Aircraft

Daher has announced the delivery of a new TBM 900 to a Mexican operator, becoming the first Mexican-registered aircraft from its TBM very fast turboprop family.

This TBM 900 was sold by Jet Mach – the TBM distributor in Mexico – to VIP Empresarial, a business charter operator based at Del Norte International Airport (MMAN) in Monterrey, Mexico.

While TBM 700s and TBM 850s have been delivered to Mexican private operators in the past, all had been registered in the U.S. As the initial TBM-series aircraft on the Mexican civil aviation register, the VIP Empresarial aircraft carries the tail number XA-TSN.

Roberto Ramírez, the principal of VIP Empresarial, said his company selected the TBM 900 for its cruise performance and range, as well as the aircraft’s ability to operate in hot and high conditions and from short runways. Hot-and-high performance capabilities are a must in Mexico, where many airports are situated at altitudes of more than 6,000 ft., including Mexico City (7,316 ft.), Toluca (8,466 ft.) and Puebla (7,361 ft.). With a maximum payload, the TBM 900 is able to take off from an 8,000 ft.-altitude airport, using a 4,500-ft. runway in ISA +30°C conditions.

“This first TBM 900 delivery to a Mexican charter operator is a new step in our penetration of the dynamic Latin America market. We expect this year to have more deliveries in the region especially in Brazil, through our distributor Algar Aviation which has ordered 6 TBM 900 and already delivered 2 to final customers and Mexico with the support of JetMach.” said Nicolas Chabbert, President of SOCATA North America Inc., Daher’s US subsidiary; who also is Senior Vice-President of the Daher Airplane Business Unit. “We are building on by further strengthening the position of our very fast turboprop aircraft to the satisfaction of our customers. the recognition of our latest very fast turboprop aircraft’s quality and performance, especially its ability to operate at high-altitude Mexican airports.”

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