{"id":27901,"date":"2024-02-19T21:38:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T21:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27901"},"modified":"2024-02-19T21:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T21:38:36","slug":"cessna-grand-caravan-ex-amphibian-extends-reach-in-southeast-asia-with-delivery-in-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/cessna-grand-caravan-ex-amphibian-extends-reach-in-southeast-asia-with-delivery-in-malaysia\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Cessna Grand Caravan EX Amphibian Extends Reach in Southeast Asia with Delivery in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; Oriental Sky\u2019s Grand Caravan EX Amphibian.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Textron Aviation has announced the delivery of a new Cessna\nGrand Caravan EX Amphibian turboprop to Malaysian property developer, Ikhasas\nSdn Bhd, via its subsidiary company Oriental Sky Sdn Bhd. The aircraft, to be\nmanaged and operated by local charter operator Systematic Aviation Services\n(SAS), will be used for passenger transport between the capital city of Kuala\nLumpur and a new waterfront resort on Perhentian islands, off the northern east\ncoast of Malaysia. This will be the country\u2019s first amphibious airplane operation\nin recent history after it gained necessary approvals from the Civil Aviation\nAuthority of Malaysia to launch domestic operations in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ikhasas group managing director, Ir. Tan Chee Kian, said\n\u201cSeaplanes will be the most convenient way to reach the Perhentian Islands.\nCurrently, it takes a time-consuming 6-hour road journey followed by a one-hour\nferry ride from the port in Kuala Besut. With our 11-seater aircraft, travelers\nwill benefit from time savings as it will transport passengers from Kuala\nLumpur to land directly in the waters near the beachside resort. At the same\ntime, we preserve the islands pristine environment and natural forests which\nwould otherwise be felled for airport construction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are honored for Grand Caravan EX Amphibian to be\nselected. The versatility and excellent operating economics make it the perfect\npartner for Ikhasas to develop sustainable tourism. The comfortable cabin,\nlarge windows for sightseeing, and floats allowing it to take off and land\nanywhere are ideal for their missions,\u201d said Tony Jones, vice president,\nInternational Sales (Asia-Pacific). \u201cMalaysia is also an important market to\nTextron Aviation. Our products lead the installed base and make up over 40% of the\ncountry\u2019s general aviation aircraft. Our customers in Malaysia use our products\nfor a variety of operations including VIP transport, tourism, as well as other\nspecial missions such as air ambulances, and skydiving.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; Oriental Sky\u2019s Grand Caravan EX Amphibian. Textron Aviation has announced the delivery of a new Cessna Grand Caravan EX Amphibian turboprop to Malaysian property developer, Ikhasas Sdn Bhd, via its subsidiary company Oriental Sky Sdn Bhd. The aircraft, to be managed and operated by local charter operator Systematic Aviation Services (SAS), will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":27902,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grand-caravan-ex-amphibian-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27903,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27901\/revisions\/27903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}