By Leandro Maldonado
The Iranian-born CEO of Medalhão Persa Limitada, Masoud Jafari, at left, is seen signing the acquisition contract of his Bell 407 GXP, in front of Chad Nimrick, the General Manager of Bell’s Piney Flats plant, Tennessee. This machine will soon be registered in the PT- range once the FAA certification is validated by the Brazilian civil aviation authority. © Bell
Fort Worth, Texas, 7 September 2015 — Bell Helicopters company, announced today the delivery of the very first Bell 407 GXP to a Brazilian customer. The aircraft is outfitted for corporate transport, which continues to be a popular market segment for the Bell 407GXP throughout Latin America. The aircraft was accepted at Bell Helicopter’s facility in Piney Flats, Tennessee, by customer Masoud Jafari with Medalhão Persa Limitada based in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil and delivered to its final destination on September 3, 2015.
“We are thrilled to be the first in Brazil to receive the new Bell 407GXP,” said Masoud Jafari, owner and CEO of Medalhão Persa Limitada. “The luxurious interior, combined with the smooth, quiet performance of the aircraft is exactly what I was looking for to quickly and comfortably conduct business throughout the region.” The Bell 407GXP is an upgrade to Bell Helicopter’s best-selling platform, the Bell 407, with what is announced as an added value through industry leading performance, payload capability and operating economics.
“Latin America presents a highly diversified climate for our aircraft, and the Bell 407GXP is consistently praised for its multi-mission capability,” said Jay Ortiz, Bell Helicopter’s vice president of Latin American sales. “The Bell 407 has proven to be a very popular aircraft with over 1,200 flying worldwide today, with particularly strong demand for the upgraded Bell 407GXP from our Latin American customer base.”
The Bell 407GXP boasts a new M250 Rolls-Royce engine that improves performance and fuel efficiency delivering class leading hot and high performance. The Bell 407GXP is also equipped with new avionics features such as hover performance calculator improvement, as well as transmission TBO extension of +500 hours that will lower maintenance costs.
Medalhão Persa Limitada is a luxury company created by the Iranian-born Masoud Jafari in Curitiba, one of Brazil’s most important city. His company was twenty years ago the very first to start to sell online and via the Brazilian TV network such luxury items as oriental jewels, perfumes, furniture, carpets, etc.
