PHI buys two S-92s for Gom
PHI has signed an agreement to purchase two Sikorsky S-92s which should enter service in 2004 and support deepwater drilling and production activity in the Gulf of Mexico.
Sales of the S-92 have now taken place in two of the world?s leading oil producing regions, the Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea, as well as in the North American corporate market.
"PHI is one of the world's top commercial helicopter operators, and one of our most valued customers," said Jeff Pino, Sikorsky's senior vice president for marketing and commercial programs. "PHI has utilized every commercial helicopter that Sikorsky has produced, from the S-55 in the early 1960s to the S-92 today. We are thrilled with PHI's continued confidence in our aircraft and their willingness to introduce the S-92 into the Gulf of Mexico."
PHI provides helicopter transportation and related services to a broad range of customers including the oil and gas industry, air medical programs and the third party maintenance business.