American Eurocopter built on its lead in the U.S. medevac market by announcing more than two dozen new helicopter sales this month at the Air Medical Transport Conference (AMTC) in St. Louis. The company announced the sale of 26 helicopters–10 singles and 16 twins–at the event. “This was a solid showing for our company,” said American Eurocopter president Marc Paganni. Many of the sales were to existing customers, leasing companies or resellers.
The singles included five EC130s for helicopter leasing company Milestone Aviation, four AS350 B3es for the Air Medical Resources Group, and one AS350 B3 for EagleMed. Eurocopter’s light and medium twins continue to be popular with established operators, especially those already flying those models. Sales of six EC135 light twins were announced; Helicopter Marketing Associates took three, and the remainder went to an undisclosed customer. However, the company’s most popular seller at the show was the EC145 medium twin, with 10 orders announced–four were sold to OSF Aviation, three to Sanford Health, two to Duke Life Flight and one to Allegheny LifeFlight.
