Rotorcraft
Russian Oil Company Orders 20 More AW189s
Order builds on a previous contract for 10.

Leonardo-Finmeccanica, Russian Helicopters and Russian oil company Rosneft have signed an agreement for the sale of 20 more AW189 super-medium twins to Rosneft subsidiary RN Aircraft, the companies announced on Friday. Deliveries are expected to start in 2018 with three aircraft assembled in Italy, followed by 17 more assembled at the HeliVert joint venture’s plant in Tomilino, near Moscow. Helivert has been assembling the smaller AW139 medium twin for the Russian and CIS markets since 2012.


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