Deccan Aviation has received the Airworthiness Certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Sri Lanka for its newly acquired GA8 Airvan, clearing the way for safer air travel.
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| Picture shows maintenance work on the GA8 Airvan at the Deccan Aviation base. |
The Sri Lankan airline company said this new aircraft has been certificated by many international airworthiness agencies including the world’s most modern and most stringent airworthiness standard - The Federal Aviation Regulation 23 (FAR 23) and also the Aviation Authorities of Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, UK and South Africa. No other aircraft in its class measures up to the stringent safety, design and airworthiness requirements to which the GA8 is certified.
Australian High Commissioner Kathy Klugman welcomed the entry of quality Australian aircraft to Sri Lankan skies, saying the Australian aviation industry was a technically sophisticated niche supplier to the domestic and overseas markets, according to the Deccan statement.
George Morgan, founder of Gippsland Aeronautics, and a team from the manufacturers, Australian-based Gippsaero Pty Ltd, were in Sri Lanka recently to train Deccan Aviation’s engineers and pilots on the GA8 which included the assembling and flight testing of the aircraft.
In just seven years, Deccan Aviation Lanka has grown to be Sri Lanka’s leading domestic airline and the only one offering customers the choice of both helicopters and aircraft. |
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