{"id":14785,"date":"2019-12-02T13:27:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T13:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecnam.com\/?p=14785"},"modified":"2021-01-28T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T16:00:00","slug":"first-p2012-touches-down-at-zil-air-base-at-seychelles-international-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecnam.com\/first-p2012-touches-down-at-zil-air-base-at-seychelles-international-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"First P2012 Touches Down At Zil Air Base At Seychelles International Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13969\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P2012-11-ZilAir-flying-1024x391.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CAPUA \u2013 The P2012 Tecnam Traveller S7-ADM, commanded by Captains Gerhard Geyer, John Rachel and Anthony Hoareau, departed the Tecnam factory in Italy last week on a 4,500 nautical mile journey to Seychelles.<\/p>\n<p>The delivery flight flew over Italy, Greece, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania to finally reach its destination.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, Zil Air is the second world-wide operator, and the only one outside the USA, to offer the Tecnam Traveller in Commercial Operations.<\/p>\n<p>Comfortably accommodating nine passengers with two crew, the Traveller is a new-generation, piston-powered, twin-engine, high-wing, fixed-landing-gear aircraft. The introduction into the Zil Air fleet provides their customers with cost-effective and varied configuration options, whilst always offering experiences that discerning travellers expect, such as air-conditioning, in-seat power, decent leg room and under-seat storage space.<\/p>\n<p>Cutting-edge avionics by Garmin offers pilots all the information they require for day and night operations, making night operations to equipped airfields another key factor in the choice of aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>The Traveller offers multi-role opportunities, including Special Mission, VIP, Cargo,\u00a0Hydro\u00a0options, parachuting and medevac services, and Zil Air is working closely with Tecnam to implement the latter.<\/p>\n<p>Tecnam embraced Zil Air as a partner from day one, and the two teams worked alongside each other to customise this brand-new aircraft in order to meet Zil Air\u2019s exact requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zil Air\u2019s Executive Director, Mr. Francis Savy <\/strong>remarks: \u201c<em>We are proud of our team and their tireless efforts to ensure the aircraft landed in Seychelles ready to commence operations in December 2019. Good things take time and the final result is an aircraft answering all Zil Air\u2019s operational requirements and it was purposefully tailored for Seychelles operations.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tecnam\u2019s Managing Director, Giovanni Pascale <\/strong>said: <em>\u201cThis new delivery is another great achievement for us. After the Atlantic jump in cold climates, the Traveller confirms her qualities in warm, hot countries such as Africa. We are delighted to have Zil Air among our valuable customers.\u201d<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Zil Air\u2019s Tecnam P2012 Traveller:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Key Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fully air-conditioned.<\/li>\n<li>Seats offering excellent leg space and uninterrupted views from each window.<\/li>\n<li>Twin-engine aircraft equipped with autopilot and capable of instrument flying and night operations.<\/li>\n<li>Capable of landing on both hard runways and grass strips.<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated luggage and cargo bays offering a total of 2.13 cubic meters of storage space.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tecnam.com\/aircraft\/p2012-traveller\/\">https:\/\/tecnam.com\/aircraft\/p2012-traveller\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Zil Air:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With a modern commercial fleet, Zil Air offers visitors the ultimate in comfort and safety when travelling to over 30 helipads and 7 landing strips. Such great accessibility across the archipelago allows our guests to travel at their convenience, be it for transfers to and from their luxury island resorts, scenic flights or excursions, just to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Zil Air commenced Commercial Operations on April 1 2009 and operates 7 days a week, supported by a young and dedicated team of 85 personnel. Zil Air runs its very own MRO (Maintenance Repair Organization).<\/p>\n<p>Zil Air is the premium provider of aerial limo services in the Seychelles. We Commercially operate a mixed fleet of Rotor and Fixed Wing Aircraft, namely: five state-of-the-art Airbus H- 120, one Airbus EC 145 Twin-Engine Helicopter, a twin-engine fixed-wing Vulcan Air P68C, the newly added Tecnam P2012 Traveler and a King Air 250 under private management.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zilair.com\/\">www.zilair.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"P2012 Traveller arriving at Seychelles\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zqf5jdKfxZU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAPUA \u2013 The P2012 Tecnam Traveller S7-ADM, commanded by Captains Gerhard Geyer, John Rachel and Anthony Hoareau, departed the Tecnam factory in Italy last week on a 4,500 nautical mile journey to Seychelles. The delivery flight flew over Italy, Greece, Egypt, Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania to finally reach its destination. 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