Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, signed a purchase contract of the first Bell 407GXP and the signing for the Customer Advantage Plan (CAP) with Air Pacific Utama (PT APU), a provider of domestic helicopter charter services. PT APU is the first Asia-based customer to sign for the new service solution.
Customer Advantage Plans provide a complete coverage solution to customers for their everyday operations. The plans offer a fixed cost per flight hour service option that protects customers’ budgets and their aircraft and enhance aircraft availability at rates competitive to published direct maintenance costs.
“Our friends at PT APU have been a valued customer for more than 20 years, and we are pleased the first Bell 407GXP in Indonesia will be delivered to this world-class operator,” said Sameer A. Rehman, Bell Helicopter’s managing director of Asia Pacific. “To further enhance the service experience for which Bell Helicopter is known, PT APU’s decision to sign for the CAP fleet-wide for the Bell 407 lends further evidence to the relevance of this program for fleet customers who count on our award-winning service. I expect the Bell 407GXP to continue to make inroads in Indonesia where the operating environment demands a reliable and trustworthy single-engine platform.”
The Bell 407GXP has an added 50 lbs (22.5 kg) of payload capability, together with the new M250 Rolls-Royce engine that improves performance and fuel efficiency. Besides, the aircraft is also equipped with new avionics features, such as a hover performance calculator improvement, and a transmission TBO extension of +500 hours that is anticipated to lower maintenance costs.
