Turbomeca engines reach 400,000 flight hours on Citic Offshore Helicopter Company fleet | Press Release

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Issued by Safran Helicopter Engines.

November 14, 2012

Turbomeca engines reach 400,000 flight hours on Citic Offshore Helicopter Company fleet

During the Air Show China, Turbomeca China (Safran group) and Citic Offshore Helicopter Co Ltd (COHC) celebrated the 400,000 cumulative operation hours of Turbomeca engines powering COHC fleet. Today, COHC is the biggest civil helicopter operator in South-east Asia.

Lin Yang, Turbomeca China customer support & sales director, said: "COHC is one of our most valued customers, with whom we are proud to be associated. We are honoured to support their demanding missions, providing safety, reliability, innovation and proximity, our core values to keep them flying".

COHC's Turbomeca powered helicopter fleet is composed with eight Super Puma (Makila 1A1), 12 EC 155 (Arriel 2C1 and Arriel 2C), two EC 225 (Makila 2A) and 2 AS350 B3 (Arriel 2B1).

In order to reinforce the proximity support provided to operators in China, Turbomeca China and CGAMEC signed a Service Center contract in 2011.

Powering 300 helicopters in China, Turbomeca is the leading helicopter engine supplier in China: one helicopter out of two is equipped with Turbomeca engines or licensed products.