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Sky Shuttle Helicopters Takes Delivery Of The 200th AW139

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

December 9, 2008

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AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the delivery of the 200th AW139 medium-twin helicopter. The 200th aircraft was one of two aircraft accepted by Ms Cheyenne Chan, CEO of Sky Shuttle Helicopters Limited during a ceremony held at AgustaWestland’s Vergiate facility in Italy today. The helicopters will be used by Sky Shuttle Helicopters Limited, previously known as Heli Express, to provide helicopter shuttle flights between Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen. These are the first two of a six aircraft order placed by Sky Shuttle Helicopters in June 2007.

Renzo Lunardi, Senior Vice President Commercial Business Unit, AgustaWestland said “It gives us great pleasure to be handing over the 200th AW139 to Sky Shuttle Helicopters Limited, an operator with a worldwide reputation for excellence. The tremendous success of the AW139 worldwide has made it the helicopter of choice for a wide range number of applications including commercial passenger transport and we are sure Sky Shuttle Helicopters’ customers will appreciate its class leading speed and passenger comfort.”

Sky Shuttle Helicopters has a long and distinguished history of providing premium helicopter shuttle services and is one of the world’s leading helicopter operators. Sky Shuttle Helicopters is the sole commercial helicopter operator between Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen and has more than 20 years operating experience. Today Sky Shuttle Helicopters operates more than 60 helicopter flights per day, transporting more passengers than any other operator in the region.

The delivery of the 200th AW139 represents a significant achievement, occurring just over four years after the delivery of the first helicopter of this type and just 18 months after the delivery of the 100th AW139 in June 2007. State-of-the-art technology, outstanding performance, low operating costs and the only helicopter in its class to meet the latest safety standards, have made the AW139 the clear market leader.

AgustaWestland is achieving an increasing share of the commercial Chinese helicopter market with aircraft now in service for roles also including passenger transport, law enforcement and harbour pilot shuttle purposes utilising the AW119, AW109 Power and AW139 models. The Company has also been progressively strengthening its industrial presence in China with the establishment of Jiangxi Changhe, a joint venture between AgustaWestland and China Aviation Industry Corp (AVIC), to manufacture the AW109 Power in China for the civil light twin helicopter market. Over 430 AW139 helicopters have now been ordered by almost 110 customers in approximately 40 countries all over the world performing many tasks including VIP/corporate transport, passenger shuttle services, offshore transport, EMS/SAR, law enforcement, fire fighting and troop transport with civil operators, government agencies and military customers.
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