Líder Aviação (Líder Aviation) is a Brazilian

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specialising in

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, aircraft sales and aircraft maintenance. Its main base is in Belo Horizonte,

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, where it has a presence at both airports. It has other bases throughout

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; at

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and

Guarulhos International Airport Guarulhos () is a Brazilian municipality. It is the second most populous city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the 13th most populous city in Brazil, and is also the most populous city in the country that is not a state capital. In the last ...

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, Jacarepaguá Airport and

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, Brasília International Airport,

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Airport,

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, Vitória Airport,

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, and

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in Manaus. Bristow Group, a large U.S.-based helicopter operator with worldwide operations supporting the

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industry, has a 41,9 % stake in Lider.

History

Líder Taxi Aéreo was established on 12 November 1958 in Belo Horizonte with three

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A four-seat single-engine aircraft. By 1961 the company had grown to 20 employees and 12 Cessna 180s and

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s and that year added the first twin-engine aircraft to the fleet, a

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D18S. Operations were concentrated on the Belo Horizonte -

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route and the company also provided support flights during development of the mining region of Minas Gerais. In 1963 three Aero Commander 500Bs entered service and the company expanded into sales and maintenance with a new

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at Belo Horizonte's Pampulha Airport. After opening of a branch at the Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro the following year, the company's fleet played a strategic role during construction of the

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and

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s, by connecting the sites to the country's main cities. In 1965 Líder established a base at

Congonhas Congonhas (Congonhas do Campo until 1948) is a historical Brazilian city located in the state of Minas Gerais. It is situated south from Belo Horizonte, the capital of state of Minas Gerais, by the highway BR-040. As of 2020, the city had a popul ...

and was also floated as a

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. In 1968 the company imported the first

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into Brazil, a

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. The following year saw further expansion, with the opening of a branch in the new capital city

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and increased freight traffic between Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro, carrying

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s out of Rio and

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on the return flights. In 1971 Líder was appointed by Learjet as its sales agent in Brazil. In 1973 the company commenced offshore

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operations on behalf of Petrobras, linking oil-drilling platforms along the Brazilian coast. In 1978 the company entrenched itself in Belo Horizonte when it moved into a new central administration office building in the city. In the 1980s Líder expanded its partnerships with US aerospace organisations, becoming the Brazilian agent for

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and a number of

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manufacturers, and entering a partnership with FlightSafety International. By 1988 Líder employed over 600 people.Líder Aviação Corporate History web page
retrieved 2007-11-02. In 1995 Líder terminated its sales agreement with Learjet in favour of a new relationship with the Raytheon Aircraft Company (RAC), at that time the manufacturer of

and

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piston engine, and corporate

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and jet aircraft. That year the company moved into the-then largest hangar in South America, at Congonhas Airport; it was built with space for 40 business jets and 30 helicopters. The company also took delivery of its first Sikorsky S-76 helicopter. In 1999 Líder placed orders for three Bell/Agusta BA609s. In 2002 the fleet was 18 fixed-wing aircraft and 29 helicopters. That year the company opened bases in Belém and Recife.

Fleet

Bombardier Learjet 55, Lider Taxi Aereo JP5838646

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Líder Aviação Helicopter Operations web page
, th

and partly vi
Airliners.net photos of Líder aircraft
cross-checked with searches of th
Brazilian civil aircraft register
to determine types currently in the fleet. Searches conducted, and web page retrieved, on 2007-11-02. *

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* Beechcraft F90 King Air * Bell 206B Jet Ranger * Bell 206L Long Ranger * Bell 212 *

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Bell 407 The Bell 407 is a four-blade, single-engine, civil utility helicopter. A derivative of the Bell 206L-4 LongRanger, the 407 uses the four-blade, soft-in-plane design rotor with composite hub developed for the United States Army's OH-58D Kiowa W ...

* Bell 412SP * Bell 430 * British Aerospace BAe 125-800 *

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* Raytheon 390 Premier 1 * Raytheon 400A Beechjet * Sikorsky S-76A * Sikorsky S-76C+ * Sikorsky S-92

Code data

* ICAO Code: _ _ *Callsign: LID

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lider Aviacao Airlines of Brazil Airlines established in 1958 1958 establishments in Brazil