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Voldirect inaugurates its PC 12

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Voldirect inaugurates its PC 12 - Business aviation publisher
Tatjana Obrazcova
Country: France Aircraft: Airplanes

Three years after launching, Voldirect, the first business aviation company in Rennes France, has launched its second plane, the Pilatus PC12.

The PC-12 is one of the most comfortable airplanes in its category and the most flexible for small airport accessibility. The Pilatus PC-12's cabin is pressurized and spacious enough to accommodate up to eight passengers and to offer them an ideal space to relax or work during the flight. In addition it can fly legs ofup to 1500 nm.

The PC-12 can land on short runways and even grass runways, giving Voldirect a significant commercial benefit compared to jets or regular airlines. With the introduction of this aircraft Voldirect can fly its passengers to more than 2000 airports, which is double the number of that of jets and 10 times more than regular airlines.

This PC-12 should enable Voldirect to diversify its commercial offer and to be more efficient with regard to business travel and/or travel mixing business and leisure.

The TBM 850 and the PC-12 are complementary airplanes, enabling Voldirect to offer a range of travel solutions according to the number of passengers and their requirements.

With this new aircraft, Voldirect brings a real innovation in the French 'flight on request' market, offering a spacious cabin, small airfield accessibility and attractive prices.

Before offering its customers the opportunity to fly on the PC 12, Voldirect accomplished a major feat, which is both technical and regulatory, becoming the first French company to obtain the Certificate of Transport Air (CTA) for PC12NG. Obtaining this CTA needed a year of development and regulatory approaches to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) .

Voldirect is the first French company to be permitted to perform the public transport of passengers in a PC12NG under French command SE-IMC January 2013. Meanwhile, 2016 is expected to see the addition of European SE-IMC regulation, continuity of French regulations.

Voldirect is demonstrating the relevance and validity of its choices in terms of fleet, by operating the latest generation of single engine airplanes which offer reliability and security.





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