Eurocopter delivers 400th EC135 - the first offshore examples operated in Mexico
"EUROCOPTER proudly announces delivery of the first Eurocopter EC135 helicopters, offshore version. Delivered to Transportes Aéreos Pegaso, the new EC135’s will form part of an existing fleet of 11 EUROCOPTER helicopters (1 x Ecureuil AS 350, 6 x BK 117, 3 x BO 105, 1 x EC 145) used to provide services to Petróleos Mexicanos.
Transportes Aéreos Pegaso is an Offshore operations leader with over 20 years of experience in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 100,000 flight hours and over 1,000,000 passengers transported. Based at Ciudad del Carmen, they helicopter transport passengers and cargo for Petróleos Mexicanos, as well as providing personnel transport and logistical support to the Schlumberger Group in Campeche Sound and other petroleum companies in the Gulf of Mexico. They also offer pipeline and transmission line monitoring and checking services, executive passenger transport and emergency or ambulance transport support. Outside the Gulf of Mexico, Transportes Aéreos Pegaso also offers external cargo transport with hooks in the mines of Chihuahua."