AW139 fleet passes 1,000,000 flight hours milestone

AgustaWestland is pleased to announce the AW139 global fleet has now flown more than 1 million flight hours, achieving this impressive milestone in just ten years of operations. This milestone has been achieved with aircraft flying in the some of the most demanding environmental conditions around the world whilst performing a wide range of missions with commercial, government and military operators. Read more

AW139 Fleet Leader Passes 10,000 Flight Hours Milestone

AgustaWestland announced today that CHC Helicopter’s AW139 fleet leader has set a major operational milestone by reaching 10,000 flight hours. This significant milestone was achieved by the aircraft in less than nine years, making it the global fleet leading AW139.  The helicopter is operating from CHC’s Den Helder base in The Netherlands, performing its missions in the North Sea with almost 29,000 landings to date. Read more

AWPC DELIVERS 200TH AW139

Finmeccanica - AgustaWestland announced today that the Company’s Philadelphia assembly line has built and delivered its 200th AW139 helicopter, featuring a firefighting configuration for delivery to Mitsui Bussan Aerospace and the City of Yokohama. Read more

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Era marks 1000 SAR missions on Gulf of Mexico since 2010

Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) (“Era”) is pleased to announce its Search and Rescue (SAR) Program has successfully completed 1,000 missions in the Gulf of Mexico. Collaborating with Priority 1 Air Rescue (“P1AR”), an internationally recognized leader of SAR services, Era pioneered the establishment of its commercial air ambulance and search and rescue offering in the United States in 2010. (Read more)

AW139: weight rises, assembly time reduced

The increase at 7,000 kg will not be the only feature of the latest evolution of the medium twin, which will borrow an important feature of another member of the AgustaWestland Family. Read more

FlightSafety's AW139 flight simulator enters service

FlightSafety International’s first AgustaWestland AW139 full flight simulator has entered service at the company’s training facility in Lafayette, Louisiana. The new simulator will allow FlightSafety to provide a growing number of helicopter operators with training services. Read more

Era surpasses 100,000 flight hours in AW139 fleet

Finmeccanica, through its Helicopter Division, recognized Era Group Inc.’s major operational milestone with the achievement of 100,000 flight hours operating its AgustaWestland AW139 fleet and 125,000 flight hours  logged across its entire AW139 fleet, including AW139s leased to  other operators. Read more

AW139 flight simulation training device certified

Era Training Center (ETC) has announced that its first AW139 flight simulation training device (FSTD) has been FAA-certified as a Level 6 FSTD. According to the company, this certification will allow helicopter operators to conduct AW139 training in ETC’s device under CFR Part 61 or train in the FSTD with their own instructors. Read more

Leonardo celebrates delivery of 50th AW139 to Japan

Leonardo-Finmeccanica and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace of Japan are celebrating at Farnborough Air Show 2016 today the imminent delivery of the 50th AgustaWestland AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter to Japan.(Read more)

CHC AW139 Fleet Passes 100,000 FH MILESTONE

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that CHC Helicopter’s AW139 helicopter fleet has set a major operational milestone by reaching 100,000 flight hours, with the fleet leader achieving over 9,000 flight hours in less than eight years. A leading AW139 customer, CHC operates more than 40 AW139s globally performing a wide range of missions including offshore transport, search and rescue and emergency medical service. Read more

Maryland State Police marks two milestones in transition to AW139 helicopters

The Maryland State Police (MSP) Aviation Command is nearing completion of its transition to AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters, having recently taken delivery of its 10th and final AW139, and commenced full-service operation of the model at its Washington Section at Andrews Air Force Base. Read more

Status of AW-139s

Major Frank Lioi discusses the transition of the new AW-139 helicopters into the Maryland State Police Aviation Command. Watch the video

NJ State Police and STARS sign long-term AW139 training contracts

Signing a five year training contract, helicopter emergency medical services provider STARS, operating three AW139s throughout Western Canada, is extending its agreement with AgustaWestland to provide recurrent training for its AW139 pilots. A non-profit helicopter air ambulance organization that provides rapid and specialized emergency care and transportation for critically ill and injured patients, STARS operates from bases in Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Grande Prairie, and Winnipeg. Read more

‘World-class’ AW139 training sim coming to Brisbane

Australia’s first AgustaWestland 139 civil helicopter training centre is due to open in Brisbane next year, providing a world-class training facility for Australian operators of the modern twin-engine helicopter. The AW139 has taken on offshore, aeromedical and executive transport roles since the first of 15 currently flying here joined the Australian register in 2007. Read more

AW139 flight hour milestone for Gulf Helicopters

Qatar’s Gulf Helicopters’ fleet of AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters has reached a 50,000 flight hour milestone. The company operates a fleet of 17 AW139 helicopters in offshore transport mission roles. Read more

Bristow launches SAR AW139 in Nigeria

Bristow Helicopters (Nigeria) Limited announced a new dedicated helicopter rescue and recovery (RRS) service for Nigeria’s oil and gas industry to provide critical life-saving assistance currently not available in the country’s aviation landscape. The new service is expected to launch in August 2016. (Read more)

Second AW139 arrives for Croatian Police

The Croatian Police yesterday took delivery of the second of two AW139 helicopters, after receiving the first in January 2016.   The two aircraft will have their primary role as border protection. (Read more)

AW139 Search and Rescue Brochure

The AW139 is the market-leading intermediate twin-engine helicopter. Designed specifically to meet the multi-mission demands of a broad range of customers, the AW139 surpasses all other intermediate twin engine helicopters in capability, speed, range and versatility. AW139 Brochure (download full version)

Support to Flight Operations with Skyflight Service

Skyflight is the gateway to enhancing your Finmeccanica Helicopter Division flying experience. It has been designed to support Customers in their Flight Planning activities whilst operating with the AgustaWestland family of products. Flight Planning Services (Download full version)

HUMS Support

Irrespective of fleet size or operational circumstances, Finmeccanica Helicopter Division can tailor its Heliwise Services to meet your requirements. Whether a large operator with its own HUMS analysis infrastructure requiring additional support or a small operator requiring Finmeccanica Helicopter Division support in undertaking the data interpretation or analysis, the Finmeccanica Helicopter Division team is available to ensure the HUMS is utilized to its maximum effect and your aircraft keeps flying. HUMS Support (Download the full version)