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Viking Air Ltd. is a manufacturer of aircraft, as well as aircraft parts and systems, based in North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The company produces new versions of the DHC-6 Twin Otter, upgraded versions of the DHC-2 Beaver, spare parts for older de Havilland Canada aircraft, and components for Bell Helicopter Textron. Its President and CEO has been since at least May 2005, David Curtis.〔 == History == The company was established in 1970 as an aircraft modification, sales, and repair facility in North Saanich. Viking acquired the exclusive rights to manufacture spare parts and to distribute the DHC-2 Beaver and the DHC-3 Otter aircraft in 1983. In May 2005, the company subsequently purchased the parts and service business for all the older de Havilland Canada aircraft from Bombardier Aerospace.〔(wingsmagazine.com: "Viking Air acquires assets of Bombardier" 5 May 2005 )〕〔(Viking Air Limited acquires certain assets of Bombardier Commercial Service ) May 2, 2005〕 Since 2008, Viking has been producing its own version of the DHC-6 Twin Otter, and repairs the DHC-2 Beaver. On February 24, 2006, Viking purchased the type certificates from Bombardier for all the discontinued de Havilland Canada designs〔(Viking acquires de Havilland type certificates ) February 24, 2006〕 including: * DHC-1 Chipmunk * DHC-2 Beaver * DHC-3 Otter * DHC-4 Caribou * DHC-5 Buffalo * DHC-6 Twin Otter * DHC-7 Dash 7 Not included were type certificates for the DHC-8 Dash 8, which is still produced by Bombardier Aerospace as their Q400 series. Viking Air has also held the type certificate for the Trident TR-1 Trigull since 2006. Ownership of the certificates for the former de Havilland and Trident series gives Viking the exclusive right to manufacture and sell new aircraft of those types. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Viking Air」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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