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Skylander SK-105

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June 23, 2011

GECI Aviation signs MOU with P.T. Sky Aviation for 10 Skylander SK-105 and 10 more as options

On the occasion of the 49th Le Bourget International Air Show, on 22nd June, GECI Aviation signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian company P.T. Sky Aviation for 10 Skylander SK-105, aircraft with options for 10 other aircraft.

P.T. Sky Aviation, a private company based in Jakarta, operates regular services and offers passenger and freight charter services throughout Indonesia. The aircraft chosen by P.T. Sky Aviation are 19 passenger versions of the SK-105.

On signature of the MOU, Krisman Tarigan, CEO of P.T. Sky Aviation, declared "Indonesia is an immense country, with hundreds of airports, from basic runways to the international airports. The ambition of PT SKY Aviation being to fly everywhere, starting with the Indonesian skies, an aircraft like the Skylander, operational in all conditions will allow us to offer the best service to our customers".

"The Skylander is particularly well suited to our regional transport needs," adds Yusuf Ardhi Boediono, Chairman of PT SKY Aviation, "it will be an invaluable support in developing the company in new markets".

For Serge Bitboul, CEO of GECI Aviation, "the choice of the Skylander SK-105 by an operator like P.T. Sky Aviation perfectly illustrates the aircraft's qualities of versatility and operability. Qualities that we have integrated into the design of the Skylander, thanks to the numerous contacts with operators worldwide to gather their requirements. We now offer an aircraft with exceptional performance in all fields and unrivalled on the market.".

The delivery of the first three SK-105 to P.T. Sky Aviation is planned in 2013.

The Skylander SK-105 is a new generation twin turboprop, capable of transporting 19 passengers or 2.7 tonnes of freight and operating in extreme temperature and altitude conditions, on airports as well as short and make-shift runways. A fixed high wing aircraft, with fixed undercarriage and unpressurised cabin, the SK-105 offer has a number of different configurations: passenger transport, freight, combi transport, perishable foodstuff transport, medical evacuations, humanitarian missions, air drops, liaison, surveillance missions.

Developed by Sky Aircraft, a GECI Aviation subsidiary, the SK-105 will make its first flight in the first half of 2012, for certification twelve months later. Over 1,500 Skylander aircraft will leave the Sky Aircraft assembly lines between 2013 and 2030.