DAC Aviation International (DAC), a provider of aircraft charter and maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services with expertise in serving aid and relief agencies in remote and conflict-affected areas, today announced the delivery of a new Cessna Grand Caravan EX (s/n: 208B5013). This aircraft is the first of six Grand Caravan EXs to be delivered to DAC by Cessna over the next six months and will be ferried to Nairobi Wilson later this month.
Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, DAC’s primary base of operations is at Wilson Airport in Nairobi, Kenya (secondary bases are located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Sudan and South Sudan). The Wilson Airport facility offers MRO services and is home to DAC’s current fleet, which includes Bombardier Dash-8s, a Bombardier CRJ200 LR and Cessna Grand Caravans.
The new Cessna Grand Caravan EX will be repositioned to Nairobi within the month. Upon delivery, the remaining five EXs will expand DAC’s fleet to 21 aircraft and extend its capability to provide safe and reliable passenger (up to 78 people) and cargo services to international relief and aid agencies across the region.
“Over 20 years of continuous operations, DAC has increasingly focused its efforts on providing safe and reliable air transportation for relief and aid agencies that need to move their people and vital cargo in and out of remote and challenging environments,” says Emmanuel Anassis, Chairman, DAC.
“We are very pleased to be delivering this Cessna Grand Caravan EX to DAC,” adds Jodi Noah, Cessna’s Senior Vice President of single engine/propeller aircraft.
Starting in 1993 with one DHC-5 Buffalo, Mr. Anassis founded DAC with his first client being the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Over the years, DAC has served numerous relief and aid agencies, including: the European Commission Humanitarian Organization (ECHO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations’ Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO).
