Airbus H160

On the last day of EBACE, Airbus secured a firm order from Italian company Air Corporate for more than 40 helicopters, including three premium ACH160s.

The 4-ton-class H-145 and 6-ton-class H-160 are future potential options for the Brazilian army, which now operates a version of the Airbus AS565 Panther.

The country’s latest military programming law was presented to the Council of Ministers on April 4.

Chinese lessor GDAT will look to place the Airbus H160s with customers in the energy sector.

After years of stagnation in the commercial helicopter market, the industry is seeing the first signals of a reawakening.

Full-year financial results will be released Feb. 16.

Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) has joined a growing list of regulators to certify Airbus’ newest helicopter, paving the way for All Nippon Helicopter to take delivery of the H160.

Airbus’ new H160 twin-engine medium helicopter is to operate on oil and gas missions in the Gulf of Mexico on behalf of energy giant Shell.