Ibis Aerospace has appointed Swissbased

Deep Blue technology AG as a

distributor for its Ae270 Propjet. The

company will be responsible for sales

and service to Ae270 operators

throughout Europe, including

Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Croatia,

Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and

Yugoslavia-Macedonia.

The appointment of Deep Blue

awards Ibis with orders for nine

additional Ae270 aircraft, plus options

for five more.

Heinz Ruchti, president of Deep

Blue and chairman of Compass

Holding, commented: “We are proud

to be representing Ibis Aerospace. The

addition of the Ae270 complements

our product line perfectly.”

In related news, Ibis has expanded

the sales territory of Rhineland Air

Service, a Germany-based distributor,

to include Scandinavia. The company

will add customers in Sweden,

Norway and Denmark to its sales and

service operation.