Daher Partners with Czech Service and Sales Provider

Cooperation with HLS follows the TBM series expansion in Central Europe.

Wednesday, October 05, 2022 at 11:41 AM ET

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The general manager for HLS, Ales Kurka (at left), and Vlastimil Novák, the HLS head of maintenance, stand with a TBM 940 at the company’s base at the Hradec Kralove Airport. [Courtesy: Daher]

Key Takeaways:

Daher has appointed Hradecká Letecká Servisní (HLS) s.r.o. as the authorized service and sales center for its TBM turboprop series in the Czech and Slovak Republics.
This strategic move aims to expand Daher's market presence and increase TBM sales in Central and Eastern Europe, a region that currently operates 15 TBM models.
HLS, based at Hradec Králové Airport, brings over 20 years of experience in general aviation maintenance and is well-equipped to support and sell the latest TBM models.
The partnership is expected to help Daher grow its European market share, as 18% of its 1,091 global TBM deliveries have been in Europe, compared to 76% in North America.

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Moving with the expansion of its TBM turboprop series into Central and Eastern Europe, Daher has appointed Hradecká Letecká Servisní (HLS) s.r.o. as the authorized service and sales center for the models in the Czech and Slovak Republics.

The company bases at the Czech Republic’s Hradec Králové Airport (LKHK), where it has cared for other SOCATA models, the single-engine piston TB10 Tobago and TB20 Trinidad, as well as TBM 700s before moving into the latest models—the 910, 940, and 960, which debuted in March. It has served the general aviation community in the region for more than 20 years.