Posted by Skyler Frink
BEIJING, China, Nov. 21, 2011. A signing ceremony was held between Sichuan Xilin Fengteng General Aviation Co., Ltd. and Eurocopter China for the order of two helicopters – one EC120 B light single-engine and one EC135 light twin-engine helicopter – to be delivered by mid-2012. As a newly registered operator, these will be Xilin Fengteng’s first two helicopters, for use in multiple missions including aerial photography, passenger transport, forest fire-fighting, business charter, emergency medical service, pilot training, etc.
Based in Deyang, Sichuan Province, Xilin Fengteng became Eurocopter China’s first customer in South West China.
Eurocopter has an existing cooperation with the Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) in Guanghan to develop a series of helicopter training programs.
To date, about 700 EC120 Bs have been delivered worldwide, completing over 1,000,000 flight hours; while the EC135 family has seen over 1,000 deliveries with close to 2,000,000 flight hours clocked.
