Mon, Feb 08, 2010
Contract Signed By Eurocopter And Spanish Ministry Of The
Interior
The Spanish Ministry of the Interior has contracted with
Eurocopter for the purchase of twelve EC135 P2i helicopters, the
two announced Thursday. Spain's National Police Force will operate
six of the new aircraft for law enforcement missions, while the
remaining six will join the current fleet of the Spanish Guardia
Civil. One of this latter group of helicopters will be configured
for mountain rescue missions.
EC 135
The agreement calls for an initial
delivery of four helicopters in 2010. Four more helicopters are to
follow next year, and the remaining aircraft will be delivered in
2012. The 12 helicopters acquired under this new contract will join
the 14 EC135s already operated by the National Police Force and the
Guardia Civil (seven each). Two additional contracts are in the
works and will subsequently bring the total number of EC135s up to
51, thus completing the helicopter modernization program of Spain's
law enforcement agencies.
“We are particularly pleased to sign this landmark
agreement with the Spanish Ministry of the Interior, as it
illustrates yet again Eurocopter's position as the leading
helicopter manufacturer for public service missions," said
Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling. It is also gratifying for us to reach
a new agreement with Spain, the third domestic country of the
Eurocopter group.”
“This contract with the Ministry of the Interior proves
once again that we made the right decision to set up new industrial
activities in Albacete," added Juan Carlos Martínez
Sáiz, CEO of Eurocopter in Spain. "Spain now ranks among the
top tier countries manufacturing helicopters, and I would like to
thank the Spanish government for their renewed vote of confidence
in the EC135. This helicopter is a remarkable worldwide success
story, and I am convinced that Spain will be fully satisfied with
this new aircraft.”
All 12 helicopters covered by the contract will roll off the
EC135 assembly line in Albacete, Spain, which is one of two lines
that Eurocopter operates for the light twin-engine helicopter,
along with the assembly line in Donauwörth, Germany. 11 of the
12 helicopters will be equipped for IFR flights.
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