Trying to work this one out , with the original EC145, production has now ceased leaving the H145 (T2) and new EC145e being the new kids on the block -
Will the price of a H145 come down so that parapublic operators and offshore who have had an interest / do fly the EC145 can afford the H145?
Or
Will they go for the EC145e variant....for cost effectiveness but as the a/c has pretty much had its SPIFR stripped including co-pilot controls to save weight - I suspect within Europe, the 'e' may not be popular with EASA w.r.t public service but popular in North American marketplace
In short looking globally at the EC145 customer marketplace compared to the current H145 -
Off the top of my head, current customers
Babcock-Bond (Anglian Air Ambulance and Scottish Ambulance Service) here in UK
DRF and ADAC in Germany
Pacific Helicopters in Papua New Guinea
Dare County Healthcare , N,C, USA
INAER Italy
Baden-Wuttenberg Polizei
Svensk Luftambulans.Sweden
Corporate customer in NZ and Turkey recently
Yorkshire Air Ambulance should be online this year
Pegaso in Mexico are buying ten airframes
On the mil and parapublic side to come
Elbit Systems has procured H145 for Israeli police,
Royal Thai Navy and Army should be getting theirs come next year
Its pretty much a decade since the BK117-C2 went into production and now ceased....
Also with Airbus increasing the MTOW , that may increase the cost per airframe?
http://www.airbushelicopters.com/web...00kg_1899.html
Any thoughts?
cheers