Eurocopter Logs New EC135 Sale At Aero India
AIN NEWS LIVE FROM AEROINDIA » 2013 by NEELAM MATHEWS Eurocopter India has achieved significant growth in sales and deliveries over the past 12 months. [Photo: Eurocopter] February 8, 2013, 5:26 AM India’s Ghodawat Industries placed an order for a Eurocopter EC135 helicopter at the Aero India show in Bangalore this week. The aircraft will be configured for four passengers and is due for delivery in May, when it will replace the customer’s existing EC120 model. During the event, the manufacturer also delivered another example of the light twin to Indian industrial group Mahindra & Mahindra. Despite a shaky local economy, Eurocopter India recorded orders for 12 helicopters in 2012, nine of which were for the EC135 . The European airframer’s two-year-old Indian subsidiary claims that this represents a 70-percent market share in this category of rotorcraft in the local market....