Polish Medical Air Rescue (LPR) has brought into operation two more EC135P2is, taking the total helicopters of the type operated by the company to 23.

LPR says that the warranty support, 24-7 hotline to manage repairs and '2 million of spare parts ready in warehousing, along with always-available mobile repair teams helped clinch the order.

Heli Invest Warsaw confirms that, as a maintenance centre and sole authorised distributor of Eurocopter helicopters in Poland, it will provide comprehensive warranty support for the fleet operated by LPR (Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe).

Barbara Texier, who managed the LPR project, says: "The unique and meticulous requirements of LPR provided an enormous but very interesting challenge for Eurocopter. "Each helicopter is covered by the two year warranty."

Heli Invest's Wojciech Kowalewski predicts: "This year there will be at least 55 Eurocopter helicopters of various types registered in Poland."