Hawker Pacific wins Universal Avionics' top dealer award

Arizona's Universal Avionics has announced Hawker Pacific as its 2011 Top Dealer International award winner.

Strong support of WAAS/SBAS-FMS installations on regional Dash 8 fleets, as well as turboprops such as the Beechcraft King Air, has spurred sales of Universal Avionics’ product range for Hawker Pacific this year.

“We’re very excited to see Hawker Pacific attain the status of our Top Dealer International,” Dan Reida, Universal’s Vice President of Marketing and Product Support, said. “With their strong presence in Australia, Asia, the Pacific and Middle East, we feel they’re a key partner in the promotion of Universal Avionics’ products to this growing market.”

The Hawker Pacific-Universal Avionics working relationship dates back more than 20 years, and in mid-2007 Hawker Pacific established a Universal Avionics Service Centre within its Australian Avionics and MRO facility in Cairns.

“We are fortunate to provide support for over 400 customers in what we call our regional avionics network and we are sincerely grateful for their continued custom that has enabled us to achieve this significant milestone,” Jason Burzacott, General Manager for Hawker Pacific’s, Australian Avionics business unit, said.

“At a time where there is diminishing local support for avionics products, Universal has invested considerable time and effort to ensure the Hawker Pacific / Australian Avionics / Universal Avionics team can provide the best sales and service here in the Asia Pacific region.”

Universal Avionics will present Hawker Pacific with the award at the forthcoming National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Annual Convention Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada next month. Hawker Pacific CEO Alan Smith will accept the award on behalf of Hawker Pacific.

Every year at the NBAA Convention, Universal Avionics recognises one US-based dealer and one international dealer out of the several hundred in its authorised dealer network that achieve outstanding sales performance.