AW139

Australian Helicopters has placed an order with AgustaWestland for six AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopters.

The helicopters will be based at Essendon, Bendigo, Latrobe Valley and Warrnambool airports and will perform emergency medical service (EMS) missions for Ambulance Victoria over the next ten years.

This new fleet will replace Ambulance Victoria’s existing five helicopters once entering service in January 2016.

The AW139 helicopter configured for Australian Helicopters is equipped with Honeywell Primus Epic fully integrated avionics package, a four-axis digital AFCS and large flat panel colour displays in the cockpit, which reduces pilot workload and enables crew to concentrate on demanding missions they are often tasked to perform.

"This new fleet will replace Ambulance Victoria’s existing five helicopters."

In addition, the AW139 has a spacious unobstructed cabin, which makes it suitable for EMS applications.

The flat floor, large cabin doors and unobstructed cabin provide easy and quick access for stretchers and survivors.

The AW139 is designed to perform several tasks including search-and-rescue, emergency medical services, offshore transport, VIP/corporate transport, law enforcement, homeland security and utility.

It has already been selected for EMS missions by customers across Asia, Middle East, Europe, North America, Australasia and Africa.

Approximately 770 AW139 helicopters have been ordered by more than 200 commercial and government customers to date, in more than 60 countries.

Image: AgustaWestland’s AW139 will perform emergency medical service missions for Ambulance Victoria. Photo: courtesy of AgustaWestland.