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Airbus Helicopters Books THC, NPAS Orders at Farnborough
Saudi and UK operators expand fleets
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The Helicopter Company CEO Arnaud Martinez and Airbus Helicopters CEO Matthieu Louvot signed a deal for eight Airbus H145 helicopters yesterday at Farnborough. © Cristofer Slotoroff/AIN

Airbus Helicopters opened the Farnborough International Airshow with a pair of helicopter orders on Monday, as Saudi Arabia’s The Helicopter Company (THC) signed for eight additional H145s and the UK’s National Police Air Service (NPAS) placed an order for two more H135s.

The THC order, signed by CEO Capt. Arnaud Martinez and Airbus Helicopters CEO Matthieu Louvot, added to the growing fleet that Louvot recounted—“25 H125s, 11 H160s, and 39 H145s for the THC Group, and today, eight more 145s.” Louvot expected the new aircraft “to be delivered very fast,” in 2027 and 2028.