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HAI 2020

AIRBUS HELICOPTERS ADD

TO GLOBALSUPPORT

CONTRACTS

Also at the show, DRF Luftrettung signed Zammert, executive vice president of
an eight-year extension of HCare Smart for customer support and services at Airbus
Airbus Helicopters have added 250 its entire fleet of nearly 60 helicopters. Helicopters.
helicopters to HCare Smart and Infinite “The motivation behind our HCare sup- Other customers added in 2019 include
contracts in 2019, increasing to 2,250 the port contracts is to let our customers focus PHI Health (H125s), Boston Med Flight
number of aircraft now covered by a global on one thing only: their missions. We aim (HCare Smart), Superior Helicopters (HCare
HCare material management contract. to take care of everything else, ensuring Infinite) and STARS air ambulance (HCare
New aircraft added at Heli-Expo 2020, the highest levels of fleet availability, at the Smart), among others. In North America
all with HCare Smart, were from Papillon most competitive price. alone, 78 helicopters joined HCare last year.
(21 H130s) and Heliportugal (9 H125s). “This helps our customers control And of the 58 H225s repurposed in
Papillon’s entire fleet of H130s will now be budgets and stabilise costs, while lowering 2019, more than 75% of those already in
covered by HCare. the administrative burden,” said Christoph operation are covered by HCare. Q

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intervals of up to 25 percent. The extra weight of the new gearbox
is offset with weight savings elsewhere on the aircraft. Sikorsky has
Audrey Brady, Sikorsky vice president of commercial systems both ground tested and flight tested the new gearbox.
and services, has outlined the company’s plans for significant Notably, the design uses a supplemental fuel pump and addition-
upgrades to the S-92, including a new main gearbox. al oil lines to reuse main gearbox oil that is accumulated in a lower
Sikorsky's A+ upgrade kit for legacy S-92 helicopters will be sump in the event of primary lubrication failure. While some other
available for customers in 2023, while the S-92B is planned to enter OEMs have developed “run dry” gearboxes that can function for
service in 2025, . between 30 and 50 minutes without primary lubrication, Sikorsky
These announcements were made at the Heli-Expo where it found this of dubious value given the offshore distances some of
was further revealed that the A+ upgrade will be priced at (US) its customers must fly.
$3 million while the B variant will have a price tag of (US) $28.5 When secondary lubrication kicks in, the event generates a
million. “technical indicator” back to Sikorsky to facilitate troubleshooting
Brady said the timing of the rollouts was designed to accommo- once the impacted helicopter lands or returns to base.
date customers’ fleet planning decision cycles. The new gearbox can be fitted to existing helicopters as part
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