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https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... 9s-446256/Era Group has emerged as the launch customer
for the Leonardo Helicopters AW609 tiltrotor,
with an initial firm commitment for two aircraft for delivery from 2020.
Chris Bradshaw, chief executive of Era Group, says:
“We see the AW609 as part of our future and look forward to
building upon the collaboration with Leonardo
as Era prepares to launch commercial tiltrotor operations across the diverse missions we operate.”
Leonardo says that it has tentative commitments for around 50 of tiltrotors so far.
The only other confirmed customer is the United Arab Emirates which intends to take three examples for SAR operations.
US Federal Aviation Administration certification for the AW609 was recently revealed has having slipped to late 2019.
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