Lider Aviation: Brazil's diversified helicopter and aircraft services company

Lider Aviacao

Lider Aviation is a highly successful name in the aviation industry of Brazil. Within a short period of time this company has risen to great heights of success, as it started with only one aircraft and now has a fleet of over 8-0 aircrafts. Apart from that, the company is also engaged in other aviation related businesses including Helicopter Operations, Executive Chartering, Maintenance, Aircraft Sales and Ground Handling. Along with these five major business units, Lider is now also found engaged in insurance, flight simulation developing and pilot training fields.

The success of Lider Aviation is evident from the fact that it now operates from 20 airports in Brazil and has a strong and dedicated workforce of 1700 employees. The company considers itself a pioneer in the field of aircraft chartering and does so rightly because it indeed established the foundation for chartering in the country.

The company has various businesses or SBUs which are discussed below:

Helicopter Operations

One of the most important businesses that Lider is known for is helicopter operations. The company has 50 helicopters that offer variety of solutions to aviation and oil industry. The company has been offering offshore transportation services for a long time and today enjoys the largest market share in this area by associating itself with such big names as Petrobras and Shell.

Onshore too the company has been offering transpiration services such as carrying load to Amazon area and checking fuel pipe lines in the country.

Aircraft Chartering

Aircraft chartering has been the most basic business of Lider. Having started the entire company with this one service, Lider is well-known for its chartering operations in the country providing jet and turbofan airplanes and helicopters for use by individuals, businesses and medical staff or as ambulances. It is a round the clock service which can be requested by dialing one universal access number.

Aircraft Maintenance services

Interesting Lider has not limited itself to chartering alone. It does not only provide helicopters and aircrafts for transportation but also provide other auxiliary services that make it a very prominent name in the industry. Utilizing its long experience in the aircraft industry, Lider now also provides Aircraft Management Service to other companies and individuals. This service consists of such management tasks as "maintenance, crew, documentation, insurance, taxes, fueling, and others."

On top of that, Lider is using its chartering experience to help other companies rent out their aircrafts through Lider as well. This means that if a firm wants to charter its aircrafts but doesn't find enough clients, it can use Lider's services in establishing contacts by allowing Lider to rent out its aircraft to a third party.

The Aircraft Chartering and Management Unit is run very efficiently and with very high standards and this is the very reason that it became the first ever company in South America to receive IS-BAO - International Standard Business Aircraft Operations accreditation.

This accreditation is a high honor in the business industry especially in the aviation industry because it shows that company has met all high standards of quality and safety. Lider is heavily concerned with human resource development, technology investment and maintenance of infrastructure to ensure maximum safety and quality which gives clients the peace of mind that all they need to worry about is when and where to fly while Lider takes care of the rest.

The company also provides maintenance services to the military, National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC - Brazil) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA - USA). Lider invests heavily on improvement of its services by providing regular training to its employees.

Ground Handling

Apart from air related services, the company has also been operating on the ground and offer comprehensive ground handling services in Brazil. This unit is also run very efficiently and hence has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 accreditation in recognition of the work that Lider has been doing in this segment. This service is provided for all size of aircrafts in almost all major airports in Brazil and the segment employees some 280 highly skilled technicians and professionals who are trained to assist with ground operations and help in making flying a very pleasant experience by offering assistance and comfort to clients.

CAE Flight Simulators

Flight simulation training is also provided by Lider along with Pilot training and for this purpose, Lider is the leading manufacturer of flight simulators in the country. It is the official partner of CAE SimuFlite and through this representation; it has been providing quality training to pilots and technicians from all over the world. The company has been providing training in this area with the help of close association with such big aircraft manufacturers as Hawker Beechcraft, Gulfstream, Cessna Aircraft, Bombardier/Learjet, Dassault/Falcon, Embraere and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation.

These simulator training programs are immensely popular in the country and around the globe of their precision and accuracy and also due to the variety of advantages they provide to trainees such as

"- Customized assistance and scheduling of training programs;

- Hotel and car rental reservations with special fees in the U.S.A.;

- Cost reduction of international calls;

- Courses may be delivered in Portuguese or Spanish, or using the services of interpreters." [http://www.lideraviacao.com.br/english/interna.php?cod=109&tit=CAE SimuFlite]

These programs are also cost efficient when compared with similar programs in other parts of the world. Hence they attract a very high number of interested students every session.