Air Greenland Orders an AS350 B3e

During the Heli-Expo air show, Eurocopter signed a contract to supply Air Greenland with one enhanced AS350 B3e version, marking the latest expansion of this European operator’s Ecureuil single-engine family fleet.

Air Greenland currently operates 12 Ecureuil helicopters: 10 AS350 B3s and two AS350 B2s.

“As a highly capable aircraft, the AS350 is well adapted to our broad range of services in a very demanding environment – which is why we are acquiring the additional helicopter,” said Air Greenland CEO Michael Binzer. “During the high season last year, our AS350s logged a total of 6917 flight hours without major technical problems, and this level of reliability makes the AS350 an outstanding helicopter.”

The current AS350 fleet is used by Air Greenland in performing a wide range of missions, including utility services, air taxi flights, medical evacuations, support for commercial and scientific exploration, sling-load airlift, heli-skiing and construction work for hydro-power plant. In addition to the AS350 family, Air Greenland will introduce Eurocopter’s medium twin-engine EC225 in 2014.