Seaplane contract in Nicaragua

[nortont]

Steve is well qualified to do the job.

+1

[180]

Thanks.

Should be interesting to see how it all works out.

[CPLMike89]

Just wondering if anyone else on here applied for the ad on PCC. I recieved an email back from the CP but havent heard anything in a few weeks. Anyone know of any developments? thanks.

Mike W

[pez]

I applied 2 or 3 days after it was posted. I'm low time. Haven't heard anything. Certainly sounds interesting....good luck!



Cheers,
Colin

[Mr. North]

Anymore news or rumors regarding these guys? I applied right after it was posted as well but haven't heard anything. Have the positions been filled?

[KenoraPilot]

from what I know, no one has been hired yet. They are still trying to get the AOC together and infrastructure put together.

[NWONT]

There is a Turbo-Otter on site and a Twin Otter waiting in Atlanta. The AOC is being worked on.

[geodoc]

Update:

http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2011/02/01/economia/50728

Video of the Otter on the page. It's apparently from Rust's Air Service in Anchorage. Stopped at Kenmore in Seattle on the way down for fuel and some maintenance a couple weeks ago.

No other data.

[bubba070]

Update:

http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2011/02/01/economia/50728

Video of the Otter on the page. It's apparently from Rust's Air Service in Anchorage. Stopped at Kenmore in Seattle on the way down for fuel and some maintenance a couple weeks ago.

No other data.

In english

Foreign tourists in the first flight coupon

Yesterday, for the first time, Ellen Murphy, an American of 20 years, boarded a seaplane. The idea scared him at first, he concedes, but now wants to repeat the experience. "I love it because you can see the country, lakes, river (San Juan de Nicaragua), the mountains," shares the tourists, who flew the first seaplane flight coupon which already operates in Nicaragua under the line Nicawings. Murphy came along with nine other German tourists, Canadians and Americans who boarded the seaplane in the port Asese, Granada, to lands in San Juan de Nicaragua, in the department of Rio San Juan. Captain John McIntee, one of two seaplane pilots, said the flight was promotional, and therefore had no charge to passengers. Said they are still in the process of evaluation of routes and flight conditions, which take into account in determining the price of the same San Juan de Nicaragua, San Carlos, Ometepe Island, Corn Island, Indian River, Laguna de Perlas and Miskito Keys, among others.

The seaplane is in the country has a capacity for 10 passengers. It is expected that approximately one month, comes the second seaplane, McIntee said, will seat 16 passengers. The initial idea was to bring the country four seaplanes, but it is not known if there will be three or four, because that will focus on demand for air travel, "said McIntee. For his part, Captain Chris Klosterman reported that the frequency of flights per week and the amount thereof shall be defined according to demand. This week, he said, probably have another flight to San Juan de Nicaragua.

CHANGES IN THE CITY

Misael Morales, mayor of San Juan de Nicaragua, reflected the enthusiasm that has caused the town to be one of the destinations on the tourist route. "That will allow people to improve their conditions, the government is giving funding and we will make known internationally as a tourist, depending on how you attend, whether good or bad, will publicize the places they visit "he said. In recent years, "said Mayor Morales-frequency foreign and domestic tourists has been growing, but with the arrival of the seaplane expected to increase much more. Today, he said, each week brings to the municipality for 15 to 20 foreign tourists and some thirty national. In that location is an availability of about 90 beds, that number expected to triple in the short term, by the arrival of the seaplane, for the promotion that is taking the San Juan River.

[Wheels]

I was in Managua yesterday and saw a whole fleet or Caravans flying tourists around in groups.

[Justin.Case]

All their information on Pilot Career Center seems to have been removed. It also looks like they pulled their job add on here too. Have the positions been filled?

[geodoc]

Heh Cat,

Check your PM's

Need the bird's-eye low-down on their credibility before pulling the trigger.

GD

geodoc (replace with "at") telus.net

A little bird told me who is getting this operation started and the people who are going to do the training and crewing for the start up are top notch in this industry.

Sorry I am not able to say anymore.

For what it is worth I am not involved, Air Sea Lines in Greece was my final kick at the can in this industry.

[geodoc]

A little trouble down there w/ the Twin Otter:

http://twinotterspotter.blogspot.ca/201 ... eport.html





(snip) oops .......................... in Peru.

[Moose47]

"Yesterday, for the first time, Ellen Murphy, an American of 20 years, boarded a seaplane. The idea scared him at first, he concedes, but now wants..."

Who in hell names their son Ellen?

Cheers...Chris

[FlyGy]

"Yesterday, for the first time, Ellen Murphy, an American of 20 years, boarded a seaplane. The idea scared him at first, he concedes, but now wants..."

Who in hell names their son Ellen?

Cheers...Chris

Sometimes using the translation provided from an online translator requires some intelligent intuitive thinking to interpret properly.

[1000 HP]

Awesome avatar FlyGy, i was going to watch tv but i was glued to AvCanada, mesmerized.....

[Lost Lake]

A little Birdie told me that Steve was fed up with this set up and is now flying in the Maldives.

[Panama Jack]

It certainly looks like the project has gone pear-shaped, which is too bad but given the business model, perhaps not all that surprising.

I understand that the company's Twin Otter was reimported to its previous owner in Canada and appears to have been registered as C-GKPV on the 22nd of March.

No idea about the Turbo Otter, however nobody who I talk to in Nicaragua (including the owners of the resort onto whose dock both aircraft have been tied up to for months) know absolutely anything about the company or have contacts to the owners. That or they are being mum.

[MUSICMAAN]

http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/146888135.html

[Vykarious Lee]

Unfortunately, the project did fail. Steve and the others who came to assist in the development of the AOC were totally professional and we did in fact achieve operational status with an AOC and two aircraft on site. There's plenty of business for seaplanes there - based on the response we received the estimate was that there was enough to keep 4 or 5 machines busy year-round.

However, the one variable that can never be accounted for is that of internal government politics, and promises made but not kept. We - the Canadians - did our job and provided them what we promised to provide them. A domestic AOC, airworthy and insured aircraft operated and supported by some of the best Canadian talent anyone could ask for - but they did not do what they promised, and in fact in some cases worked directly against their own interests in the project. The financial hit was devastating, and there are still outstanding obligations to the pilots who came down there and put their shoulder into the harness. Efforts are being made to address those obligations, and we sincerely appreciate the patience and understanding.

It will be a few years yet before the business culture in that country will allow for the type of confidence required to make multi-million dollar aviation investments there. The sense of entitlement there is breathtaking in its scope, and at the end of the day I must take responsibility for underestimating that.

Thanks for following the project, and best of luck to all.
JM.

[NWONT]

What an impressive post. You have my respect, sir.

[Lost Lake]

+1!

I would definitely be interested if if it ever starts up. Unfortunately, I have seen this mentality by governments and owners alike in other countries. So sad. The opportunities for the twin otter around the world are endless. Unfortunately the things that make it it desirable are also the detractors, i.e., remote locations, under developed natons, corrupt governments/owners, etc.

[1000 HP]

It's sad. In Indonesia the contract process has been developed to fight corruption. It unfortunately has the effect of killing many projects before they even get off the ground. It takes over a year to get a contract in place, and everything has to be done by contract. Then, the contract is only awarded for one year usually. As soon as you get a contract, you have to start negotiating the next contract. Brutal...
Of all the countries that could be well-served by a seaplane operation running Caravans on Amphibs, or Otters, or even Twin Otters, Indonesia is probably a one of the best. With 300,000,000 people, 18,000 islands, and a fairly large oil and gas industry, both onshore and off, as well as a large coal mining industry, this would be the place to do it.

[Lost Lake]

The same could said for many central african countries.