Eurocopter and Russia’s UTair strengthen EC 175 partnership
Russian air transport giant UTair Aviation (Booth No.

Russian air transport giant UTair Aviation (Booth No. 1225) took center stage at Heli-Expo to sign an agreement with Eurocopter (Booth No. 2754) for the creation of an approved maintenance center for the OEM’s products and to work jointly on a new corporate interior design for the EC 175.

The announcement raises to another level the partnership initiated last year at Heli-Expo’08 when UTair signed for the purchase of 15 EC 175s, with an option for another 15. The interior mockup on the EC 175 here at Heli-Expo’09 represents preliminary results of collaborative discussions between the two companies taking into consideration the specifics of the demanding environment of this market segment. The next step, according to UTair, may be the establishment of a training center at its facilities.

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