Lane Aviation / AeroGlobo Reach 200 New Aircraft Sold and Delivered to South America

by Marcos Paulino

AeroGlobo Aeronaves, the Lane Aviation South American representative located in Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil reached a historic milestone this year, selling and delivering its 200th aircraft to South America to Aeroterra Aviação Agrícola LTDA, based in Luís Eduardo Magalhães city, in Bahia State, Brazil. The company also was privileged to sell and deliver the 3,000th Air Tractor ever produced, which was acquired by AMAGGI, from Mato Grosso State, Brazil in 2013.

Lane Aviation was the first dealer appointed by Air Tractor in 1974. Since then, Lane Aviation has sold more Air Tractor aircraft than any other dealer in the world. A specialist in the South American agricultural aviation market, AeroGlobo has become the exclusive South American representative for Lane Aviation, expanding the range of services it offers year after year. Currently, it offers new aircraft sales and service, training, equipment sales, financing, warranty services and insurance.

These two hundred aircraft that today cross South American skies form a very significant number for a company with 12 years of experience and pioneering spirit. In Brazil alone,50% of the turboprop fleet working in the agricultural sector arrived through AeroGlobo, founded in 2008 by engineer Fabiano Zaccarelli Cunha.

AeroGlobo is headquartered in Botucatu, and also is an Air Tractor certified South American training center, training more than 300 pilots to date. The company simulator is also certified by Flight Safety International and is an authorized training facility of Pratt & Whitney Canada having carried out training with more than 450 aviation professionals worldwide.

Grant Lane – President’s Lane Aviation, Pedro Valente - Amaggi’s Chief Executive, Itamar Locks – Amaggi’s CEO, Fabiano Zaccarelli Cunha –Aeroglobo’s Director and Jim Hirsch – President’s Air Tractor, in 2013in Olney TX, in delivery celebration of the 3,000th aircraftmanufactured by Air Tractor and acquired by Amaggi, a 2013 AT-502B.

AeroGlobo also operates three maintenance centers - ABA, located in Barreiras (BA), SOMA, in Primavera do Leste (MT), and Tangará, in Orlândia (SP) -, plus three spare parts centers.

“The partnership that Lane Aviation found with AeroGlobo was one of success, responsibility and mutual trust, but mainly, an opportunity to offer the Air Tractor operator quality service and support for their operation”, said Grant Lane, the owner of Lane Aviation.

Aeroterra Aviação Agrícola LTDA, the buyer of the aircraft, was founded in 2008. This Air Tractor became the 15th aircraft in the Aeroterra fleet. Partners in the company are Salmom Batista Rezende, Leonardo Correa da Silva and Ronaldo Amazonas de Brasil Mendanha.

“Having the name of AeroGlobo among Brazilian and South American agricultural aviation is a source of great pride for our entire team,” says owner Fabiano. “This historic brand strengthens us to continue to seek the total satisfaction of our customers.” He points out that another partnership was formed in 2016 with Falconer from Argentina.