Mahindra Aerospace, which manufactures 8-seater and 10-seater planes in Australia, has signed Botswana’s Major Blue Air Ltd. as its first worldwide customer for its Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) certified 10-seater turboprop aircraft, the Airvan 10.
Major Blue Air, a local air operator in Botswana, Africa, which ferries tourists to the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango Delta, already has a fleet of Mahindra’s Airvan 8, which has capacity to carry six passengers and two crew members.
“To experience the wide and panoramic beauty of Botswana or travel inland, the Airvan is the most suitable aircraft for Botswana’s tourism industry and is the Airvan’s largest single airport operation,” Mahindra Aerospace said in a statement. So far, Mahindra Aerospace has sold more than 240 Airvan-8 globally.
S.P. Shukla, Group President, Aerospace, Defence and Steel, Mahindra Group and Chairman, Mahindra Aerospace said, “Tourism companies in Botswana reposed their faith in Mahindra Group when they introduced Airvan 8 in their aircraft fleets.”
“Eventually, Airvan proved to be the most suitable aircraft for their tourism operations and scenic flights across the country,” he said.
