Thu, Feb 11, 2016
Six Of The Aircraft Have Been Ordered By Specialist Aviation Services
The first AgustaWestland AW169 new generation intermediate class helicopter for a U.K. customer has been delivered by AgustaWestland. The helicopter will enter service with Kent Surrey Sussex Air Ambulance following installation of an advanced medical interior by Specialist Aviation.
“We are very proud to be introducing the all new AW169 helicopter into service in the UK with one of the country’s leading air ambulance operators," said Henk Schaeken, Group Managing Director of Specialist Aviation Services. "We have been very busy training our engineers and pilots in preparation for the introduction to service of the AW169, so we can deliver from the outset the same high level of aircraft availability and support which our customers have come to expect from us.”
“The imminent delivery of the AW169 is a very significant event in the development of HEMS in the UK, especially in a heavily populated region the size of Kent, Surrey and Sussex – some 3,600 square miles," said Adrian Bell, Chief Executive, Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust. "The enhanced capabilities of the helicopter will allow us to further develop and improve the life-saving service we deliver to the community and the aircraft offers the exciting potential to reconfigure how these services are delivered for maximum effect in the future”
Specialist Aviation Services has also been appointed as an Authorized Service Center for the new generation AW169 light intermediate helicopter in the UK and will provide a range of support and maintenance services to AW169 operators.
(Image provided with AgustaWestland news release)
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