LSA Begins Training At India's Largest Flight School
Flight Design announced Wednesday that Carver Aviation, which
claims to be the biggest Flight School in India, has registered the
first two Flight Design CTLS Light-Sport Aircraft in India. Flight
Design may now deliver the LSA aircraft to the emerging Indian
general aviation market. The CTLS aircraft will be used in flight
training and will be sold by Carver Aviation.
"Flight Design is always seeking to move forward in its global
position" noted Flight Design CEO, Matthias Betsch. "Up to now
Light-Sport Aircraft (have been) sold to customers on the basis of
a manufacturer self declaration alone, without any kind of
certification or audit. Flight Design prefers to provide more
reassurance to customers."
"With its LAMA audit and its ISO 9001-2000 certification, the
German company makes sure that customers worldwide get a
proven-quality product and have more to rely on than heavy
advertising," added Betsch. "The LAMA audit and the ISO TÜV
certificate underline the high level of quality and compliance of
the CTLS aircraft. Thanks to the demonstrable quality of the
product and to excellent operational experience proven through the
delivery of more than 300 aircraft in the U.S. market alone, Flight
Design was able to obtain these approvals in a very short
time."
"The U.S. market for Light-Sport Aircraft is still hoping for an
economic recovery, as shown by an average of just 19 new
registrations in each the last four months, down from more than
twice that in 2007," said John Gilmore National Sales Manager at
importer Flight Design USA. "This becomes obvious when looking into
the details of the publicly available FAA registry of aircraft.
Even though some companies still report continuous imports into the
country, a significant number of those planes end up in the stock
of the companies and not at new customers, therefore generating a
false picture."
"Nevertheless, the market movement in the U.S. is encouraging in
the last four weeks and is significantly above September/October
2008," Gilmore continued.
Mathias Betsch
Flight Design says it has always invested its capacities into
development of the aircraft, its customer service, and to opening
new markets. It cites as an example its deep involvement in the
ASTM committees and lead the market in obtaining EASA Permit to Fly
privileges that allowed the sale of 600 kilogram Light-Sport
Aircraft, the same parameters as used under U.S. regulations. The
goal is to create a good base for the industry and the users of LSA
airplanes. "Validated product quality, widely available unified
customer support, and continuous product improvement to customer
requests is Flight Design's mission," said Oliver Reinhardt, CTO of
Flight Design.