Australian aviation company Hawker Pacific is looking forward confidantly to 2013 after strong results last year.
Hawker's Chief Operating Officer for the Pacific region Doug Park commented on the company's past 12 months in an announcement outlining their plans for the upcoming Australian International Airshow at Avalon.
“Last year was a great year for Hawker Pacific, a highlight being our success in winning a performance-based contract to lease and provide ongoing support for four King Air B200 aircraft for the RNZAF.
“In 2012 our (combined) Australian Avionics and Hawker Pacific civil maintenance support base in Cairns, North Queensland, achieved an industry milestone with the employment of its 50th aircraft trade apprentice since opening new facilities eight years ago. We’re proud to be able to give something back to the broader industry and we are very confident that the year ahead will be just as exciting.
“Another notable achievement which demonstrates the diversity of Hawker Pacific’s operations across the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions, was the launch of an integrated software system that links our extensive FBOs into one real-time network. This is a significant step to further
improve the Company’s service delivery and expanding overall aircraft management capabilities,”
According to Park, Hawker Pacific is not sitting still, but instead focussing on continual improvement and consolidation of its existing operations, whilst hoping to capitalise on growth opportunities in 2013, especially in the Special mission sector.
The postive outlook was echoed by Park's Asia region counterpart Tony Jones.
"We continue to grow our operations in Asia with the opening of our new full service business aircraft facility in Singapore earlier in the year," Jones said.
"The Company has also just concluded another very successful year in the Middle East where our integrated Bell Helicopter sales and support organisation has achieved significant helicopter sales and has also recently extended the local support capabilities to include avionics, rotor blades and hydraulic components.”
HP's presence at Avalon this year will include a Beechcraft King Air 350, Diamond DA40-XLS and a Bell 429 twin-turbine helicopter.
Also featuring on their stand will be the latest Precision Flight Controls DCX MAX ProMotion flight simulator, which will be available to customers for demonstrations.
Hawker Pacific represents several aircraft manufacturers in this region including Beechcraft, Bell, Dassault, Diamond, GippsAERO, Bombardier and Embraer.