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EADS Socata opens New Sales and Service Centers in Australia
EADS SOCATA is opening a “Factory Direct” sales office at Coolangatta Airport, Queensland to support sales of its new TBM 850 single-engined turboprop as well as its TB line of piston-engined touring aircraft.
Lakeland, 04 April 2006
With a maximum cruise of 320 KTAS the TBM 850 offers owners and operators jet performance with the economy of a turboprop allowing operators to fly direct to anywhere in Australia with just a single fuel stop.
In order to enhance support for both existing and new customers in Australia, EADS Socata is also establishing a network of Authorized Service Centers beginning with facilities at Mt. Isa, Coolangatta, Bankstown, and Essendon Airports.
Mark Diaz, has been appointed as Director of Sales for the new EADS Socata facility. Prior to this he was Director of Sales for the North-Western region of the USA for Socata Aircraft where he was responsible for the expansion of that territory (including the sales of the first TBM 850 by Socata Aircraft). Mark holds an Airline Transport Pilot rating with over 4,000 flight hours on a variety of aircraft including the Airbus A319/320. He joined Socata Aircraft in 2003.
“We are committed to increase our presence in Asia-Pacific where there is a strong interest in business aviation. The combination of a highly-skilled aviation professional like Mark Diaz and the impact of our high-speed TBM 850 should have a positive effect on sales in the region.” said Nicolas Chabbert, EADS Socata’s VP of Sales and Marketing.
EADS Socata is one of the world’s leading general aviation manufacturers with more than 6,000 aircraft flying in 65 countries, continuing a tradition initiated by Morane-Saulnier in 1911, which includes the MS 760 ParisJet, the world’s first business jet. EADS Socata manufactures the TBM 850 high-speed turboprop and the TB GT range of piston-engined touring and training aircraft, as well as being an industrial partner of Airbus airliners (including the new Airbus A380), the A400M military transport, the Dassault Falcon 7X as well as Eurocopter helicopters and Embraer regional jets.
Based in France, with North American operations in Pembroke Pines, Florida, EADS Socata is a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, the second largest aerospace and defense company in the world.
