If you live in Florida, Alabama or Georgia and are in
search of a Cessna Caravan, it is time you speak to
the professional staff at Maxfly Aviation, Inc. Maxfly
Aviation, which is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been
an authorized sales representative for the versatile Caravan
for the last 15 years. In addition to the Cessna Caravan,
the company also specializes in the purchasing, selling and
leasing of other turbo-prop and jet aircraft in both executive/
corporate and commuter capacities. Its efficient MATSystem
database tracks aircraft from the King Air level to G-4 level
worldwide for domestic and international customers. The
company’s persistent dedication to service, professionalism
and integrity has built Maxfly Aviation a solid reputation in
the aviation community since its founding in 1984.
Prior to 9/11 Maxfly Aviation leased several corporate
turbo prop jets. Since that time its primary business is the
buying and selling of aircraft. Thirty to 40 percent of those
transactions are Cessna Caravans, very large utility single
engine turbo props that carry nine passengers within 500
miles or less. In just a half an hour, a Caravan can morph
into a luxurious passenger plane and/or a workhorse
aircraft, hauling as much as 3,300 pounds of freight!
Current President and CEO Lewandowski knows from
experience the flying ease of Cessna’s Caravan since he has
personally flown 8,000 hours in the plane. “It flies like a big
Cessna 172,” says Lewandowski. An experienced airborne
freight hauler, he flew auto parts from St. Louis to Detroit
on icy winter nights as a college student in Beech 18s. Why
does he choose to fly Caravans now? “There’s really nothing
that competes with it. It’s very reliable.”
In addition to its luxurious interior, Lewandowski says the
Caravan Grand-Oasis is a bestseller because it appeals to
his typical customers who are commuters and very wealthy
individuals—even several movie stars whose names he
would “rather not mention.” He does mention that Maxfly
Aviation’s customer base lives “all over the world. It is in
Europe, South America and the United States, and it’s with
individuals, corporations and governments. We’re leasing to
the U.S. government and we sell to governments in South
America—mainly in Argentina and Brazil.”
How do his customers discover their planes? Lewandowski
explains, “The customer comes to us with a mission
requirement. For example, a customer might say, ‘We need to
carry four people this amount of distance, land on these types
of runways and service these types of cities.’ We’ll then find
an aircraft that best fits their needs.”
Finding the perfect aircraft for their varied customer base
is completed through use of the Internet, word-of-mouth,
and the Maxfly Aircraft Tracking System, MATS©, their
world-wide network. Maxfly Aviation never buys an aircraft
sight unseen. “We see what it looks like and put it through
a prepurchase inspection.” Lewandowski adds, “We know
people throughout the world and they know what we’re
looking for.”
Maxfly Aviation’s loyal customers appreciate how the
company does business and at least 50 percent of them are
repeat customers. Serving aviators through the MATSystem,
the tracking system places Maxfly Aviation, Inc. ahead of
the pack and continues to help build a successful business.
Lewandowski says, “It made us a leader in the business of
buying and selling aircraft.” In Maxfly’s future he looks
forward to continuing to purchase and sell to his Georgia,
Alabama and Florida customers by treating them honestly
and “delivering what we say we will.”
