The Kodiak 100 is a 10-seat, unpressurized, entry-level\naircraft in the single-engine turboprop category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Originally created for humanitarian missions in developing\ncountries, the Kodiak 100 is an agile and robust aircraft, capable of operating\non uneven and ultra-short runways, while offering optimal safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Certified in 67 countries, the Kodiak 100 is used worldwide\nby air-taxi, recreational and leisure operators, along with businesses,\npilot-owners and humanitarian organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kodiak 100 will be exhibited by Daher at the Paris Air\nShow (June 17-23), Static display area: Location B4. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daher strengthens its aircraft manufacturing business with an industrial location in North America<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Through this major acquisition, Daher is enhancing its\npresence in the general and business aviation segment by offering a wider\nmulti-product range. Already well known for its TBM 910 and TBM 940 very fast\nturboprop aircraft, Daher’s airplane portfolio has now expanded to include the\nKodiak 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With more than 270 Kodiak aircraft in operation, this\nall-terrain multi-mission aircraft is used worldwide by air-taxi, recreational\nand leisure operators, along with businesses, pilot-owners and humanitarian\norganizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The Quest Aircraft Company’s acquisition represents an\nadditional step in our development in the United States and an overall\nstrengthening of our aircraft manufacturing business,” said Daher CEO\nDidier Kayat. “In addition to making Daher the world’s seventh largest\naircraft manufacturer in business aviation, it provides us with our first\nindustrial site in the United States, thereby reinforcing Daher’s position as a\nTier-1 aerospace equipment and systems manufacturer, as well as a logistics and\nservices provider. This key acquisition for Daher is perfectly aligned with the\nstrategy of intensifying our company’s links with the North American market’s\nleading aerospace players.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to its development and purchasing synergies, the\nQuest Aircraft Company’s acquisition offers excellent commercial, technological\nand geographical complementarities. With more than 150 years of know-how, Daher\nnow intends to invest in this production platform to offer an enhanced services\nand sales network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Daher Chairman Patrick Daher stated: “Quest was built\non a foundation of values that are common to our two companies, with a focus on\nexcellence and with the commitment to a high-quality, extremely robust product.\nAs a powerful and maneuverable aircraft \u2013 used particularly for humanitarian\nmissions to provide aid to isolated communities \u2013 the Kodiak 100 perfectly\ncomplements our TBM product range and is fully in line with Daher’s long-term\nvision as a company committed to the future of aviation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The family-owned Daher Group ultimately plans to develop\nsynergies with the two aircraft product lines, introducing technologies and\nfunctionalities for the Kodiak aircraft that have contributed to the successes\nachieved by the TBM. <\/p>\n\n\n\n “The Kodiak 100 is an aviator’s aircraft, just like the\nmembers of our TBM family, and we are happy to bring together two communities\nof passionate pilots and operators with the acquisition of Quest,”\nexplained Nicolas Chabbert, Senior Vice President of the Daher Aircraft\nBusiness Unit. “We also are particularly pleased to welcome the 240\nemployees based in Sandpoint, Idaho to the Daher Group.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Robert Wells, the Quest Aircraft Company’s CEO said:\n“The know-how of Quest and Daher opens the potential for rapid growth,\nwith the combined operation becoming a key international player. Our teams\nshare the values for craftsmanship and quality, as underscored by Quest’s\nmotto: ‘Built by hand in Sandpoint, Idaho.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The acquisition’s closing is expected to be completed by the\nend of 2019, subject to approval by the appropriate authorities in both\ncountries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Daher \u2013 the producer of TBM aircraft, is taking a major step in developing the company’s airplane manufacturing business with the planned acquisition of Quest Aircraft Company, based in Sandpoint, Idaho, USA, which builds the Kodiak 100. 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