AgustaWestland hands over AW139 to Weststar Aviation
In a ceremony held at the Farnborough Airshow, AgustaWestland handed over the 500th AW139 helicopter to Weststar Aviation Services of Malaysia
AgustaWestland handed over the 500th AW139 to Weststar Aviation
Services of Malaysia during a ceremony held at the Farnborough International
Airshow.
The aircraft was accepted by Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, group managing director of Weststar from
Bruno Spagnolini, chief executive officer of AgustaWestland. The 500th
delivery comes just one year after AgustaWestland delivered the 400th
helicopter.
Bruno Spagnolini said at the ceremony “The AW139 continues to be the
outright class leader worldwide and we are delighted that we are celebrating
the delivery of the 500th aircraft with one of our most important
customers, Weststar Aviation Services.”
Spagnolini added “We look forward to achieving similar success with the
AW139’s new family members, the AW169 and AW189, which have the same high
performance and modern technology features that have made the AW139 such a
success.”
“As the leading
offshore aviation services provider in the region, Weststar Aviation Services
is proud to be affiliated with the top helicopter manufacturers in the world
and honoured to be a part of this impressive milestone for AgustaWestland. The
AW139 helicopter is truly the best in its class and it has served us very well.
I am sure that AgustaWestland will continue to enjoy great success with the
AW139 and its variants,” said Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, group managing director
of Weststar.
Weststar Aviation Services is the largest operator of AW139 helicopters
in Asia and has ordered 16 AW139s, with this
aircraft being the 13th aircraft to be delivered. Having started AW139 operations in April
2011 Weststar Aviation Services’ fleet has now flown more than 16,000 hours in
support of Petronas’ and other oil companies offshore operations in peninsular
Malaysia.
Photograph: Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim (left), group managing director of Weststar from
Bruno Spagnolini (right), chief executive officer of AgustaWestland shaking hands with the AW139 helicopter behind Copyright Terry Spruce
