Viking Air selected Manaus Aerotaxi Participacoes (MAP) of Brazil as a factory-endorsed service center. The company had previously designated MAP as an authorized sales representative.

MAP is located in the heart of the Amazon rain forest at the Eduardo Gomes International Airport and operates an air-taxi service to jungle-bound cities throughout the equatorial region of South America. The company has been in business for more than 20 years.

Viking manufactures the Twin Otter Series 400 and expects Brazil’s regulator ANAC to certify the airplane in the first quarter of 2016. Viking projects that the Brazilian market will expand rapidly once type certification is achieved.