Ten new AW helicopters for Azerbaijan Airlines
AgustaWestland will supply Azerbaijan Airlines with ten new helicopters under a new contract signed recently worth approximately €115 million. The contract includes an order for eight AW139 intermediate twins and a preliminary sales contract for two AW189 medium twin helicopters.
This order marks the entrance of AgustaWestland into Azerbaijan’s helicopter market. Of the ten helicopters, four AW139s and the two AW189s will be used for offshore transport operations; two AW139s for emergency medical services, one AW139 for search and rescue and one AW139 for VIP transport.
Emilio Dalmasso, senior vice president commercial business unit, AgustaWestland, said: ‘We are proud that Azerbaijan Airlines has chosen our products to meet its future rotorcraft requirements. Selecting the best selling AW139 and the new AW189 to cover such a wide range of missions once more testifies large fleet operators’ confidence in the unprecedented combination of capabilities, versatility, high performance and low overall costs offered by our family of new generation helicopters. With this success in Azerbaijan we believe we can secure further opportunities across the region for our products.’
Deliveries are scheduled to start in the second half of 2013
AgustaWestland will supply Azerbaijan Airlines with ten new helicopters under a new contract signed recently worth approximately €115 million. The contract includes an order for eight AW139 intermediate twins and a preliminary sales contract for two AW189 medium twin helicopters.
This order marks the entrance of AgustaWestland into Azerbaijan’s helicopter market. Of the ten helicopters, four AW139s and the two AW189s will be used for offshore transport operations; two AW139s for emergency medical services, one AW139 for search and rescue and one AW139 for VIP transport.
Emilio Dalmasso, senior vice president commercial business unit, AgustaWestland, said: ‘We are proud that Azerbaijan Airlines has chosen our products to meet its future rotorcraft requirements. Selecting the best selling AW139 and the new AW189 to cover such a wide range of missions once more testifies large fleet operators’ confidence in the unprecedented combination of capabilities, versatility, high performance and low overall costs offered by our family of new generation helicopters. With this success in Azerbaijan we believe we can secure further opportunities across the region for our products.’
Deliveries are scheduled to start in the second half of 2013
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