The Arrius celebrates 50,000 hours of flight with Helicap

Paris Air Show, 14 June 2003

Turbomeca and Helicap, a French company specializing in airmedical transport, have celebrated 50,000 flight hours with the Arrius engine.

Helicap now owns a fleet of 14 EC 135 helicopters. The Arrius 2B2, the latest version of the engine, powers the two EC 135 T2 helicopters of the fleet deployed at the start of the year with the Emergency Medical Services of Toulouse and Ile-de-France, in Creteil.

The aim for Helicap is to eventually upgrade its fleet around the Turbomeca Arrius 2B2 engine.

The Arrius family is backed by the extensive experience acquired by more than 1,100 engines in service and over a million flight hours clocked, of which 40,000 with the EC 135.

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Turbomeca is the leading helicopter engine manufacturer, and has produced 49 000 turbines based on its own designs since the company was founded. With more than 2 000 customers in over 140 countries, Turbomeca provides a proximity service thanks to its 14 sites, 3 subsidiaries, 23 TurboSupport Centers, 32 repair centers and 90 Field representatives and Field mechanics. The Head Office is based in Bordes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques (south-west France). Turbomeca is part of the Snecma Group, specialists in aerospace propulsion and equipment. Microturbo, a subsidiary of Turbomeca, is the European leader in turbojet engines for missiles, drones and auxiliary power units.

Bettina Frey
Tel: (33) 5 59 12 55 69
Fax: (33) 5 59 12 52 00
Email: bettina.frey@turbomeca.fr