Romanian interior ministry orders three Airbus H135 helicopters

The acquisition is part of a four-year framework agreement signed at the end of July 2019 that provides for the procurement of up to ten H135s, Airbus said in a press release.

"Airbus has been an active player in Romania for almost 50 years and we are proud that the Ministry of Interior has selected the H135 for such critical missions. As a market leader with more than 600 helicopters in service for air medical service missions worldwide, I have no doubt that it will be a valuable life-saving asset to the country," Georges Durdilly, head of Airbus Helicopters in Romania, said.

The H135’s operational scope includes law enforcement, air medical services, private and business aviation, the maintenance of industrial wind parks, and military training.

"During 15 years of air medical services – the well-known SMURD mission, the H135 has proven its utility, being a rotorcraft which adapts rapidly to all types of requests. All advantages – mainly the flexible maintenance, management of space for the transport of passengers and patients, the speed, the capability to land in a limited area, the possibility to operate life-saving medical interventions during flight, the capability to fly during day and night, and its versatility for mountain missions thanks to the hoist – are essential when it comes to critical life saving missions," general aviation inspector and commander Dache Paul Catalin said.

Airbus Helicopters is a division of multinational group Airbus. The company has been present in Romania for over sixteen years through its customer center, Airbus Helicopters Romania.

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