Additional Super Pumas for Air Center Helicopters

The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (“Milestone”), a GECAS company and the global leader in helicopter leasing has announced that it will provide eleven additional Airbus H225 helicopters to the Air Center Helicopters, Inc (“ACHI”) fleet.

The aircraft will be delivered throughout 2021 and 2022 and will primarily be used for utility, training and transport missions for US government contract operations. Once delivered, ACHI’s fleet will consist of eighteen H225 helicopters leased from Milestone Aviation.

As the largest civilian owner of the H225, Milestone worked closely with ACHI and Airbus Helicopters, to repurpose and transition the helicopter type into new missions including Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP), a method of supply of seaborne vessels by helicopter, casualty and medical evacuations (CASEVAC / MEDEVAC).

In the USA part of the ACHI H225 fleet is also used for training purposes. The H225 was also recently deployed in support of the SpaceX Crew Dragon splashdown to assist in the crew and cargo transport from the main recovery ship.

Source: Milestone