Airbus Helicopters Inc. has delivered to Metro Aviation Inc.\nthe first EC145e produced at its U.S. assembly plant in Columbus, Miss. This\nlatest aircraft delivery is part of an order for 25 that Metro placed in 2018,\nand the remaining aircraft will all be delivered out of Columbus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Metro is a Shreveport, La.-based company that operates air\nmedical helicopter services for hospitals and customizes new helicopters for a\nvariety of missions. Metro was the first customer in the world for the EC145e\nwhen Airbus Helicopters launched the model in 2015. The twinengine EC145e was\ninitially introduced for use with Visual Flight Rules (VFR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAirbus Helicopters is pleased to deliver this EC145e, now\nthe third Airbus model to be produced in the U.S. by workers in our Columbus\nplant,\u201d said Romain Trapp, President of Airbus Helicopters Inc. and head of the\nNorth America region. \u201cFor more than a decade, our workforce has been producing\nhigh-quality aircraft for both the U.S. Army and more recently our commercial\noperators in North America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Metro developed its own Federal Aviation Administration\napproved avionics package in partnership with Genesys Aerosystems, as well as\nair medical and utility configurations. The Metro\/Genesys upgrades include\nSupplemental Type Certificates for a Single Pilot\/Dual Pilot Instrument Flight\nRules (IFR) system; a VFR electronic flight instrument system (EFIS); and\nautopilot and stability augmentation system upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMetro is pleased to continue a long-term relationship with\nAirbus, providing aircraft that meet a wide range of customer needs, and we are\nespecially happy with the EC145e,\u201d said Metro President and CEO Mike Stanberry.\n\u201cThe IFR package we received earlier this year provides an upgrade to an\nextremely dependable and reliable global airframe, making it more costeffective\nwith a higher payload.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Airbus Helicopters is the leading provider of civil and\ncommercial helicopters in North America. The company opened its Columbus plant\nin 2004, where it began production of UH-72A Lakota helicopters for the U.S.\nArmy in 2007. More than 440 Lakotas, also a derivative of the EC145, have been\ndelivered to date. Airbus also performs final assembly of its top-selling\ncommercial helicopter in Columbus, as well as the bulk of its helicopter\ncompletions for the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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