Fri, Sep 02, 2011
Aircraft Will Be Assembled In Russia
A memorandum of understanding for the purchase of 20 AW139
helicopters to be assembled in Russia has been signed by Russian
Helicopters and AgustaWestland. The two entities also recently
announced the establishment of HeliVert, a joint venture
company which will assemble and deliver to UTair a batch of AW139
helicopters from its Tomilino plant in the Moscow region.
Andrey Martirosov, UTair CEO said: “We are sure that the
replenishment of the company fleet with modern AW139 aircraft will
enable UTair to increase the volume of operations by a multipurpose
use of these helicopters and their high level of reliability.
Continuous modernization of UTair helicopter fleet and
qualification of UTair employees ensure our leading position in the
market of helicopter services.”
Bruno Spagnolini, AgustaWestland CEO said: “It gives us
great pleasure to sign this Memorandum of Understanding with UTair,
strengthening our good working relationship with the leading
helicopter operator in Russia. We are also delighted that the
HeliVert facility will be officially opened in October this year
and will start to assemble the market leading AW139 in Russia,
strengthening the range of Russian helicopters available in the
market.”
HeliVert’s Tomilino plant, near Moscow, will have the
capacity to assemble up to 20 helicopters per year, with production
to start later this year and progressively increase to a steady
state regime by 2015. The total headcount at maximum capacity will
be over 100 people. The plant will meet the growing demand for the
AW139 helicopter in both Russian and CIS civil markets.
A Heads of Agreement was signed by AgustaWestland and Russian
Helicopters in Farnborough in July 2008 for the purpose of
establishing a joint venture to set up and run a civil AW139 final
assembly line in Russia. This was followed by the Joint Venture
Agreement signed on November 6, 2008 during the Italy-Russia
intergovernmental summit held at the Kremlin in Moscow and attended
by the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and the Italian Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi. A shareholder agreement was
subsequently signed in June 2010 paving the path to start building
the plant in Tomilino.
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