Aeroexpo Marrakech: New dealer aims to bring the light touch to North Africa

Tecnam Aviafric was announced at the Moroccan show today with a P2006T on display.

General manager of the Casablanca-based dealership, Nourane Bakkali, said there is a growing interest in private aviation and flight training in the North African country.

“Generally the weather is good and Morocco is a beautiful country with mountains and great scenery. Because of that a twin-engined aircraft is ideal and the P2006T is ideal. It is robust enough for flying schools and we are seeing growing interest in that area as more people invest in the concept of schools.

But there is also a growing number of people interested in flying for leisure.”

The Tecnam P2006T was certificated by EASA last year. With its two  Rotax 912S engines of 100hp (73kW) each it uses just 30l of fuel per hour for both engines – comparable with many piston singles. It can use both Mogas and Avgas.

“Mogas is half the price of Avgas in Morocco.” Bakkali said.

The aircraft has a range of 6620nm and cruises at 140knots at a maximum altitude of 15000 feet. It has a take-off run of just 274 metres.

“we are looking across the whole of North Africa for this aircraft,” Bakkali said. There has already been a great response in France, Spain and Italy and although it is early days for this market, we see huge potential.”