Direct Fly sro

{{About|the Czech aircraft manufacturer|the defunct Polish airline|Direct Fly}}

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| type = Privately held company

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| industry = Aerospace

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| foundation = 2006{{cite web|url = https://or.justice.cz/ias/ui/vypis-sl-firma?subjektId=616675|title = Sbírka listin Direct Fly s.r.o|access-date = 29 March 2019|work = justice.cz|date = 4 July 2018}}

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| hq_location_city = Brno

| hq_location_country = Czech Republic

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| products = Light aircraft

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| num_employees = 10 (2012)

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| homepage = {{URL|http://www.directfly.cz}}

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Direct Fly s.r.o. (sometimes called DirectFly s.r.o.) is a Czech aircraft manufacturer currently based in Brno and founded in 2006 in Hluk. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories. The organization is a Czech společnost s ručením omezeným, or private limited company.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 40. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XJackson, Paul (ed): Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2012-2013, p. 179. Jane's Information Group, 2012. {{ISBN|978 0 7106 30001}}Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page2 42-43. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}

Direct Fly was established in a part of the country noted for its aircraft manufacturing to take advantage of the existing available pool of skilled workers.

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In 2008 the company had seven employees. In 2012 Jane's Information Group reported the company then had ten employees, plus seven international dealers.{{cite web |url= http://www.directfly.cz/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=37&Itemid=55&lang=en |title= About Us |last = Direct Fly sro |year= 2009 |accessdate= 13 January 2015}}

By 2017 the company was building just one microlight aircraft design, the two-seat, low-wing Alto 912TG, the Direct Fly ArGO having gone out of production. The Alto has been accepted by the US Federal Aviation Administration as a light-sport aircraft.{{cite web|url=http://directfly.cz/?page_id=1299&lang=en|title=About Us|last=Direct Fly|first=|date=|year=2009|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=13 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |title=SLSA Make/Model Directory |work=Federal Aviation Administration |date=10 September 2014 |access-date=13 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516004527/http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |archive-date=16 May 2013 |df= }}

By March 2019 the company had two more designs under development, the low-wing Orange and high-wing STOL Cruiser.{{cite web|url=http://directfly.cz/?page_id=581|title=ORANGE|website=directfly.cz|accessdate=29 March 2019|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329123839/http://directfly.cz/?page_id=581|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://directfly.cz/?page_id=583|title=STOL CRUISER|website=directfly.cz|accessdate=29 March 2019}}

The company first exhibited in the United States at the Sun 'n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, in April 2010.{{cite web |title= Sun n' Fun: Light sport makers set sights on Europe |url= http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/sun-n39-fun-light-sport-makers-set-sights-on-europe-340795/ |first= Brendan |last= Sobie |location=Washington DC |date=23 April 2010 |work=Flightglobal |accessdate=}} The company has been noted for its short wait times for aircraft ordered.{{cite web |url= http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/international-aircraft-directory/homebuiltkitbuilt-aircraft/direct-fly-alto.html#.VLWL-11Okbw|title = Direct Fly "Alto" |last = Plane and Pilot magazine |year= 2015 |accessdate= 13 January 2015}}

By December 2017 the company had exported at least three aircraft to the U.S. since there were three Altos registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration as light-sport aircraft.{{cite web |url= http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=ALTO&PageNo=1 |title= Make / Model Inquiry Results |work= Federal Aviation Administration |date= 5 December 2017 |accessdate= 5 December 2017 |archive-date= 6 December 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171206135935/http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/AcftRef_Results.aspx?Mfrtxt=&Modeltxt=ALTO&PageNo=1 |url-status= dead }}