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Thu, Jun 18, 2009

Eurocopter Making News In Paris

Aircraft Sold, Delivered To Turkey, India, And Brazil

Three announcements from European helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter from Paris Wednesday.  The company says it will deliver new EC135 helicopters to the Turkish operator Koçoðlu Aviation, who has ordered a total of 12 helicopters. Koçoðlu Aviation has been operating six aircraft since November 2008, and the remaining new aircraft will be delivered in August 2009. The helicopters will perform emergency medical services to and from hospitals equipped with helicopter landing facilities.

The Turkish operator ordered 12 aircraft in 2008: Ten of the helicopters are EC135s with the last two being an EC145 and an EC155 operated on lease.

The helicopters were ordered for the Turkish government’s Emergency Helicopter Medical Service (EHMS) project. In less than a year, Koçoðlu Aviation has invested nearly $139 million to meet the needs of the Turkish Health Ministry as part of a five-year renewable contract.

Eurocopter has also signed a contract worth nearly $10 million for three AS350 B3 Ecureuils with Pawan Hans, India's leading helicopter operator in the civil and parapublic market. Pawan Hans plans to operate it for variety of missions ranging from tourism, medical evacuation to surveillance operations.

Pawan Hans currently operates 27 Dauphin helicopters.

"We are delighted to continue our extremely successful partnership with Pawan Hans," declared Norbert Ducrot, Eurocopter Senior Vice-President for Sales and Customer Relations in Asia-Pacific. "This is an important contract for us as this is the first time Pawan Hans will be operating a single-engine Eurocopter helicopters. This contract proves once again that Eurocopter products are perfectly adapted to the Indian market."

On the business aviation side of the ledger, Eurocopter subsidiary Helibras will deliver the very first EC145 Stylence in Brazil to a customer in the country. The new aircraft will transport VIP passengers between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. The two cities are 350 km apart.

Business aviation has significantly developed over recent years and now makes up 20% of Eurocopter’s total sales. Eurocopter sold 150 business helicopters last year and remains the World’s No. 1 Business Aviation helicopter manufacturer.

FMI: www.eurocopter.com

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