I note the referenced range of 600nm is with aux fuel and no reserves, so I would assume the 4 PAX at a 200nm RoA is with baseline fuel, although much detail is missing from this number. Noting current basing plans for the AW189 at LoS, Manston, Cardiff, Prestwick and Inverness, will BHL actually require aux fuel options to cover the UKSRR from any of these bases?
On the subject of fuel burn and not sure if the case for the final submissions, but I believe the initial requirements definition for RoA was for flight at just 1000 ft in ISA conditions, so pretty harsh fuel burn rates for any platform.
With lot 1 and 2 base transitions commencing on 1st April 2015, we should see initial platform deliveries to cover pre-transition training on their way pretty soon and then we will know fact from fiction.