The helicopter has a cruising speed of 145 knots,
It will be interesting to see how it performs in the mountains. Where I live in south of France, the Securité Civile were given EC-145s to replace their old Ecureils. The speed of the EC-145 is great for maritime rescue, but in the mountains the high disk-loading is a real handicap in the snow because of the snowstorm it kicks up and avalanches it sets off.