Heliport
20th May 2006, 10:02
400th Eurocopter Helicopter delivered into the Canadian Market
The 400th Eurocopter to be delivered into the Canadian market was turned over to Great Slave Helicopters in a ceremony held at Eurocopter Canada’s Fort Erie, ON facility yesterday.
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With 64 rotorcraft in its fleet Yellowknife, NT based Great Slave Helicopters is one of Northern Canada’s largest commercial helicopter operators.
It has taken delivery of a new Eurocopter EC130B4 for use by its group of companies across Canada. Great Slave Helicopters serves the oil & gas exploration, diamond mining, forestry, fire fighting, and construction industries in Canada’s Western Arctic.
“This is the first EC130 we have bought to fly in the western Arctic, but not our first Eurocopter,” says Adam Bembridge, President of Great Slave Helicopters. “We are currently flying the full range of A-Star 350s and an EC120, and have five Eurocopter helicopters on order with an option to buy six more.”
“Flying commercially in the Western Arctic is not for the faint-of-heart,” he adds. “That’s why we rely on Eurocopter products to do the job for us, and why we are enhancing our fleet by adding more of them.”
“It was only two years ago that we celebrated Eurocopter Canada’s 20th anniversary in Canada, and the fact that we had delivered 340 rotorcraft here,” says Edouard Gaillat, President of Eurocopter Canada Limited. “Over the last five years, 76% of all new Canadian single engine turbine helicopters purchased have been Eurocopters. This represents 27% of the current turbine helicopter fleet in Canada, and we expect this percentage to continue to climb; thanks to our new generation EC120 and EC130B4 single engine rotorcraft, and our EC135 and EC145 twin engine helicopters.”
The 400th Eurocopter to be delivered into the Canadian market was turned over to Great Slave Helicopters in a ceremony held at Eurocopter Canada’s Fort Erie, ON facility yesterday.
http://www.shephard.co.uk/Assets/Images/Rotorhub/2006/05-may/ec-ca-400.jpg
With 64 rotorcraft in its fleet Yellowknife, NT based Great Slave Helicopters is one of Northern Canada’s largest commercial helicopter operators.
It has taken delivery of a new Eurocopter EC130B4 for use by its group of companies across Canada. Great Slave Helicopters serves the oil & gas exploration, diamond mining, forestry, fire fighting, and construction industries in Canada’s Western Arctic.
“This is the first EC130 we have bought to fly in the western Arctic, but not our first Eurocopter,” says Adam Bembridge, President of Great Slave Helicopters. “We are currently flying the full range of A-Star 350s and an EC120, and have five Eurocopter helicopters on order with an option to buy six more.”
“Flying commercially in the Western Arctic is not for the faint-of-heart,” he adds. “That’s why we rely on Eurocopter products to do the job for us, and why we are enhancing our fleet by adding more of them.”
“It was only two years ago that we celebrated Eurocopter Canada’s 20th anniversary in Canada, and the fact that we had delivered 340 rotorcraft here,” says Edouard Gaillat, President of Eurocopter Canada Limited. “Over the last five years, 76% of all new Canadian single engine turbine helicopters purchased have been Eurocopters. This represents 27% of the current turbine helicopter fleet in Canada, and we expect this percentage to continue to climb; thanks to our new generation EC120 and EC130B4 single engine rotorcraft, and our EC135 and EC145 twin engine helicopters.”