Daher Completes Quest Aircraft Company Acquisition Daher Socata is pleased to announce that they have completed the acquisition of the Quest Aircraft Company. Previous news on this highlighted that they were in the process of purchasing Quest but now the process it completed and will mean increased North American marketshare for the French airframer."Our acquisition of the Quest Aircraft Company is perfectly aligned with Daher’s strategy to intensify its business footprint in America," said Daher CEO Didier Kayat. "In addition to adding the Kodiak to our aircraft portfolio, we have now gained a major competitive advantage for all of Daher’s aerospace business lines in North America."
"The integration of Kodiak into Daher’s aircraft family provides us with excellent commercial, industrial and geographical synergies," explained Nicolas Chabbert, Senior Vice President of the Daher Airplane Business Unit. "In addition to its production capacity, the Sandpoint, Idaho facility becomes part of our direct sales and maintenance networks, enabling Daher to maintain its competitive edge in the turboprop aircraft sector." With the two companies now together it makes Daher one of the largest Single Engine Turbo Prop manufacturers. For more information: Quest Aircraft Company 1200 Turbine Drive Sandpoint, Idaho 83864 www.tbm.aero ***