欧洲直升机公司与印度运营商帕汉斯签署AS350-B3直升机合同, 欧洲宇航防务集团
Release Date: 2009-06-16
The European helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter is pleased to announce the signing of a 7 million euro contract for three AS350 B3 Ecureuils with Pawan Hans, India's leading helicopter operator in the civil and parapublic market. Thanks to the versatility of this single-engine helicopter, Pawan Hans will be able to operate it for variety of missions ranging from tourism, medical evacuation to surveillance operations. Pawan Hans currently operates 27 Dauphin helicopters–the largest Dauphin fleet in the world.
Le Bourget, 16 June 2009
"We are delighted to continue our extremely successful partnership with Pawan Hans," declared Norbert Ducrot, Eurocopter Senior Vice-President for Sales and Customer Relations in Asia-Pacific. "This is an important contract for us as this is the first time Pawan Hans will be operating a single-engine Eurocopter helicopters. This contract proves once again that Eurocopter products are perfectly adapted to the Indian market."
The AS350 B3 Ecureuil is a light single-engine helicopter which can accommodate six people. It is perfectly adapted to extreme weather conditions: The freezing cold or scorching heat. The Ecureuil “rewrote” aeronautical history in May, 2005 when it landed on Mount Everest at an altitude of 8850 meters. This record perfectly demonstrates the exceptional qualities of the helicopter, in terms of technical performance, reliability, flexibility, speed and resistance. Nearly 4000 Ecureuil helicopters are currently in service throughout the world, including more than 800 AS350 B3s.
| Type: | NORMAL |
| Company: | 欧洲宇航防务集团 |
| Country: | 德国 |
| Url: | http://www.eads.net/1024/en/pressdb/pressdb/20090616_ec_pawan_hans.html |