Gallery: Airbus Corporate Helicopters Exhibits The ACH160 At EBACE 2024
May 28, 2024
From another angle
The company’s fleet includes several ACH types as well as Leonardo and Robinson helicopters, alongside Pilatus PC-24 jets.
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Air Corporate's ACH160 front view
This is the first ACH160 delivered of five ordered by Verona, Italy-based Air Corporate.
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ACH 160 tail
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Line cabin configuration
Having developed the Lounge concept for Air Corporate’s five 160s, ACH is now offering it to other customers. Frederic Lemos, head of ACH, said eight of the nine ACH160 sales the company booked in 2023 are for this cabin configuration—although Air Corporate’s aircraft are bespoke versions, featuring a wood cabin floor. The standard Line Lounge comes with carpet.
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Gear stick
Paolo Serini, Air Corporate's CEO and a pilot, has already flown about 60 hr. in the ACH160.
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Performance
Serini said the aircraft is “very fast and [has] very good performance.”
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Rotor blades
A close up of the rotor blades engine structure.
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Smart flightdeck
Serini said a fully loaded ACH160 will provide endurance of around 3 hr. 30 min. and a 420-nm range. “In terms of fuel endurance, we have around 80 nm more than the Exclusive and 10 kt. more in terms of speed."
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Airbus Corporate Helicopters formally handed over the first ACH160 to feature the Lounge configuration of its Line cabin. The aircraft was delivered during a short ceremony on the company’s stand at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE 2024). The aircraft will be on display until the end of the show. This gallery showcases internal and external views of the helicopter.
