Twin Otter Rebirth

摘要

Western Canada's Viking, newly manufacturing the classic de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, had a good year in 2011. In May, with its first five aircraft complete and ten more in final assembly, Viking was granted full Transport Canada production approval for its upgraded Twin Otter Series 400. Then, at the Paris air show, Viking trumpeted the delivery of the first of a dozen Series 400s to the government of Peru for resupply of its remote jungle stations. Next, PT Airfast was declared as a new customer, ordering four of the 19-seat STOL workhorses for charter to the Indonesia mining industry. Finally, Viking announced delivery of the last of three Series 400s (in its current order) to legacy Twin Otter operator Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA), launch customer for the floatplane version.