Fri, Dec 04, 2009
Citic Offshore Helicopter Is China's Largest Civil Helo
Operator
Eurocopter delivered the first two
EC155 B1 Dauphin helicopters to Citic Offshore Helicopter Co. in
Shenzhen, China. The delivery is part of a contract signed just
over a year ago for a total of ten helicopters of this type.
Attending the handover ceremony were Mr. Tang Wanyuan, General
Manager of COHC, Mr. Bruno Boulnois, CEO of Eurocopter China, Mr.
Jean Raphael Peytregnet, Consul General of France in Guangzhou, as
well as Mr. Alain Berder, French Trade Commissioner for South
China.
The remaining 8 helicopters will be delivered between 2010 to
2013. These 10 EC155s will strengthen COHC’s fleet which
already includes 21 Eurocopter helicopters, mainly from the Super
Puma and Dauphin families.
COHC is the largest civil helicopter operator in China, as well
as one of the main oil and gas operators in Asia. The new
helicopters will be used for offshore transport missions in the
country. Since its arrival in the market in 2001, the EC155 Dauphin
helicopter has established itself well in the oil and gas market.
Indeed, at the end of 2008, more than 130 Dauphin aircraft were
being operated in the offshore segment.
The EC155 Dauphin is a multi-role twin-engine helicopter in the
5 ton class used in China for a wide variety of missions ranging
from corporate and offshore transport to law enforcement
operations.
Eurocopter holds more than 40 percent of the Chinese market for
civil helicopters. Around 350 helicopters from the Eurocopter
family, including those manufactured under licensed production, are
flying in the country.
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