Polish aircraft manufacturers head for Australia
PR dla Zagranicy
John Beauchamp
15.04.2015 11:57
As many as 12 Polish companies from the aircraft manufacturing sector are to go on a business scouting mission to Australia as part of a delegation organised by the PAIiIZ Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency.
Lineup of 4 M-18s at Perth Airport on standby for the bushfire season (early 2000s). Photo: wikimedia commons/gfdl1.2/John Wheatley
“According to our calculations, currently 51 Polish-built planes are in operation in Australia, 30 of them being [PZL-Mielec M-18] Dromader units, which are used for extinguishing fires, [...] and we see potential here for business cooperation,” Paweł Milewski, Poland’s Ambassador to Australia told Polish Radio.
The trip comes as distances in Australia allow for greater use of private aviaition transport. “The market is huge for smaller aircraft, with a number of private individuals possibly interested in the Polish machines,” Milewski said.
In February 2015, three Polish aviation firms were present at the Avalon Airshow, Australia’s largest aviation trade fair. (jb)