Eurocopter brings training and support closer to operators
Eurocopter’s new North Sea Service Centre at Aberdeen in the northeast of Scotland is the blueprint for the manufacturer’s concerted effort to locate produ

Eurocopter’s new North Sea Service Centre at Aberdeen in the northeast of Scotland is the blueprint for the manufacturer’s concerted effort to locate product support and training infrastructure as close as possible to operators of its aircraft. The new facility was officially opened on February 1 and the company is advancing plans for similar developments in the U.S., Asia and South America.

According to Derek Sharples, Eurocopter executive vice president for support and services, helicopter hotspots such as Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico could also get new support and training centers along the lines of that built for operators serving offshore oil and gas activity in the North Sea. In the past 12 months, it has added additional simulator capacity at its American Eurocopter headquarters in Dallas.