ex Binter - as N983BW to Presidential Airways in 2006, photographer unknown

Blackwater/EP Aviation.

Tiko was the company of Marc Ravalomanana, a successful business man and Madagascar's president between 2002 and 2009. Tiko was active in the food industry, and from 2001 this CN235 was used to distribute the locally manufactured dairy prodcuts throughout Madagascar. However, being one of the oldest CN235, it encountered a lot of technical issues with its Garrett engines, and was therefore sold on to Presidental Airways in the US in 2006. Still active with AAR Airlift Group as N1269J at the time of upload. Tiko Air replaced 5R-MKM with an ATR-42 registered 5R-MJT.

This CN235 started its life as EC-014 in Spain back in '88. The Casa was then delivered as EC-EMN to Binter Canarias in February 1989 and was withdrawn from use with that company in 1997. It saw new life with Luftmeister Air in May 1989 as ZS-OGF and three years later transferred to Tiko Air with the same registration. In November 2001 it changed to 5R-MKM with Tiko air and then it was sold to Presidential Airways in August 2006. This company is known as the shadow company of Blackwater. The BW in the regi reveals this a little. Since mid 2008 carried the registration N1269J with Presidential.