Press Release

Issued by De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited.

December 1, 2016

Viking Air Limited of Victoria, BC, Canada has welcomed Skytek Pty. Ltd. of Cairns, Australia to the Series 400 Twin Otter support network as the first factory endorsed service centre in the Asia-Pacific region. Skytek's location in northern Queensland, combined with its extensive Twin Otter maintenance experience, makes it the ideal choice for a Viking-certified service facility for legacy de Havilland and Series 400 Twin Otter operators in southeast Asia and Australia.

Over the past 20 years, Skytek have demonstrated an increasing level of dependable Twin Otter maintenance services to a widespread customer base in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar, including Series 400 Twin Otter operators Hevilift and Ok Tedi Development Foundation.

Stanko Paleksic, Viking's technical support manager, was responsible for conducting a technical audit in support of Skytek's application for the FESC program. He commented, “Skytek is already the maintenance facility of choice for many of our Series 400 operators, so to have them join our support network as an FESC is a natural progression of our corporate relationship. Skytek's focus on delivering quality service from their maintenance facility in Australia, as well as the services they provide at customer bases throughout southeast Asia, will be an asset to all Twin Otter operators in the region.”

The FESC program, administered through Viking's global customer support group, develops strategic partnerships with specialized industry professionals to provide factory recognized service and warranty repairs for both Viking Series 400 Twin Otters and the legacy de Havilland fleet.