The UK's Great North Air Ambulance Service (GNAAS) has launched the second of two AS365 N2s. Both will be managed and crewed by Yorkshire's Multiflight whose md Steve Borrowdale says: "The two new helicopters will be a great asset to the valuable service that the charity provides."

GNAAS ceo Grahame Pickering says: "For the first time in the charity's history it has decided to purchase its own helicopters rather than leasing them, which in the long term will be more cost-efficient." He says GNAAS will benefit from upgraded engines giving greater speed and endurance.