- Viking Air
Infobox Company
company_name=Viking Air Limited
company_logo=
company_type=Corporation
foundation=1973
key_people=David Curtis, President, and CEO
industry=General Aviation
location=Victoria, British Columbia
products=de Havilland Chipmunk ,de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver ,de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter ,de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou ,de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo ,de Havilland Canada Dash 7 ,de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
num_employees=200+
homepage= [http://www.vikingair.com/ vikingair.com]Viking Air Limited is a manufacturer of aircraft parts and systems based in
Victoria, British Columbia . It produces components forBombardier Aerospace ,Bell Helicopter Textron ,Lockheed Martin , andBoeing . Its primary products are parts for early de Havilland designs including remanufacturing complete aircraft. The firm currently owns the rights to all the original de Havilland Canada designs.History
The company was established in 1970 as an aircraft modification, sales, and repair facility in Victoria.
Viking acquired the exclusive rights to spare parts manufacturing and distribution for the DHC-2 Beaver and the DHC-3 Single Otter aircraft in 1983. The company subsequently purchased the parts and service business for all the older de Havilland Canada aircraft form Bombardier. [ [http://cgi.money.canoe.ca/press_release/cnw.html?lang=en&id=20050502160000IG Viking Air Limited acquires certain assets of Bombardier Commercial Service] Press Release
May 2 ,2005 ]Aircraft
On
February 24 ,2006 , Viking purchased thetype certificate s fromBombardier Aerospace for all the original De Havilland designs [ [http://aiabc.com/artman/publish/printer_47.shtml Viking acquires DeHavilland type certificates] Press ReleaseFebruary 24 ,2006 ] including:
* DHC-1 Chipmunk
* DHC-2 Beaver
* DHC-3 Otter
* DHC-4 Caribou
* DHC-5 Buffalo
* DHC-6 Twin Otter
* DHC-7 Dash 7The ownership of the certificates gives Viking the exclusive right to manufacture new aircraft.
On
July 17 ,2006 at theFarnborough Airshow , Viking announced [ [http://aiabc.com/artman/publish/printer_71.shtml Viking seeks to launch new Twin Otter production] Press ReleaseJuly 17 ,2006 ] its intention to offer a Series 400 of the Twin Otter. Restarting the production would be dependent on the ability to raise enough initial orders.On
April 24 ,2007 Viking announced that it would be restarting production of the Twin Otter. Deliveries are set to start in 2009, at 3.2 million dollars per plane.References
External links
* [http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/app/ccc/search/navigate.do?language=eng&portal=1&estblmntNo=123456074274&profile=completeProfile Company Profile]
* [http://www.vikingair.com/ Viking Air Limited] Company Site
* [http://www.aviation.ca/content/view/2604/117/ Viking Acquires Type Certificates for de Havilland Canada Heritage Aircraft from Bombardier] Canadian Aviation
* [http://globecareers.workopolis.com/servlet/Content/fasttrack/20060809/RBCAVIATION09?section=Production B.C. aviation firms face skills shortage] "Viking aims to restart Twin Otter assembly" Globe and MailAugust 9 ,2006
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