Airbus Helicopters will kick off opening day of Heli-Expo 2014 with a pair of major order announcements. Lease Corporation International (LCI) aviation CEO Mike Platt and executive chairman Crispin Maunder will join Airbus Helicopters president Guillaume Faury at 11 a.m. to announce an order for EC175 and EC225 utility helicopters. The manufacturer will also announce a six-frame follow-on EC175 order from Belgian aviation services provider NHV. “Having experienced the EC175’s performance firsthand, [NHV and its customers] have full confidence in the helicopter’s capability to meet NHV’s operational needs,” said NHV CEO Eric Van Hal. Additional details will follow in Wednesday’s edition of HAI Convention News.
Airbus Helicopters, exhibiting here under the former Eurocopter’s new name, will also announce the EC225e upgrade to the EC225 Super Puma. The company’s recently certified EC175 is on display in the Anaheim Convention Center, as is the EC145T2, which will be certified later this year. The company’s display also includes an AS332C1e, making its show debut at Heli-Expo, an EC135T2 in law-enforcement configuration and an EC130T2 with glass cockpit.
