Heli Travel Munich GmbH (HTM) has brought a new EC135 P2i into service. Operating from the Emden commercial airfield it flies to the Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm, 50 km north of Borkum Island. Wind farm operator Deutsche Offshore Testfeld und Infrastruktur GmbH&Co KG plans to build 12 5MW wind turbines.

Bernd Brucherseifer, operations manager, says: "People and equip-ment were transported to the wind farm's transformer station and construction of the first wind turbine was completed in the summer. HTM was then commissioned to perform lifting operations at sea over the generator building which is almost 100 metres high. HTM chose the EC135 because of its superior single-engine performance and its multi-purpose capability."