The new avionics by Airbus will modernize the Swiss Helicopter H120 fleet by providing new safety and performance functionalities and equipping it with a more digitally-connected system.
Airbus has announced that the company’s helicopter manufacturing division has signed an agreement with Swiss Helicopter, a Switzerland-based helicopter company to upgrade the avionics systems for their H120 helicopters. According to the agreement, the new avionics by Airbus will modernize the H120 helicopters of Swiss Helicopter by providing new safety and performance functionalities and equipping it with a more digitally-connected system. The latest upgrade is one of the continuous improvement programmes offered by Airbus in the new HCare Classics package which is a suite of flexible services dedicated to out-of-production aircraft.
“Our fleet of H120 helicopters are highly appreciated in our spectrum of operations given their excellent low sound levels, comfort, high reliability and good performance,” says Rolf Heuberger, CEO from Swiss Helicopter. “Our pilots, flight instructors and technicians are already familiar with this avionics system, which is used on our H125 fleet, and we’re pleased that the H120 will benefit from the same level of safety and performance this system provides. We’re looking forward to operating the H120 for many years to come,” he further added.
Swiss Helicopter is the leading helicopter company in Switzerland and operates out of 15 bases throughout the country and the Principality of Liechtenstein. Swiss Helicopter, with a helicopter fleet that includes 18 H125s and seven H120s is one of the biggest helicopter providers of aerial work services, flight training for trainees and sightseeing flights for tourists and locals in Europe. Swiss Helicopter is a subsidiary company of Swiss Helicopter Group.
“We are dedicated to providing our customers who operate legacy helicopters with the same high level of support as with our in-production helicopters,” says Christoph Zammert, Executive Vice President of Customer Support & Services at Airbus Helicopters. “Swiss Helicopter is the first of our civil-operations customers to take advantage of this improvement offer and the collaborative approach to developing and certifying this avionics upgrade for the H120. We’re honoured to embark on such a partnership and continue supporting them to ensure the safety, performance, and supportability of their H120’s avionics system.”
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Airbus Helicopters’ new HCare offer includes three main flexible solutions for helicopter maintenance: HCare Initial, HCare In-Service and HCare Lifetime. HCare Classics, dedicated to the out-of-production legacy fleet of H120, Dauphin, Puma and Gazelle, is one of the two flexible solutions for specific fleets, along with HCare First for Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) aircraft.
