Eurocopter to supply two EC155 helicopters to the Dalian police in China, the first of which will support this month’s “Summer Davos” meeting

The Dalian Municipal Public Security Bureau in northeast China is acquiring two EC155 helicopters from Eurocopter for police missions, with the initial rotary-wing aircraft deployed during an upcoming meeting of the World Economic Forum.

To be delivered early this month, the first EC155 will be utilized for VIP transport and security patrols during the World Economic Forum's "Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2011" –also commonly known as the "Summer Davos" session – held 14-16 September in Dalian. This helicopter will subsequently perform missions with additional equipment such as searchlights and hoist for multi-role police support duties. The second EC155 is scheduled for delivery at the end of 2012.

"The EC155 impressed us with its performance, versatility and comfort," stated a representative from the Dalian Municipal Public Security Bureau responsible for the helicopter procurement project. "On top of that, it is a very quiet machine, which makes the EC155 a good helicopter for discrete surveillance work. For the upcoming Summer Davos forum, this will be a much-appreciated feature when transporting VIPs and during aerial patrols."

This latest order of helicopters for airborne police work marks the continuing successful support of Eurocopter's products in the Chinese public service sector. Its helicopters have already been used extensively for various public service missions by the Hong Kong Government Flying Services, the Guangdong Municipal Public Security Department and the Shanghai Police Air Force.

"We are very proud that our range of helicopters is serving the country well, having been deployed for many major international events such as the Asian Games in Guangzhou, the World Expo in Shanghai, and in a few days' time, the Summer Davos in Dalian," said Eurocopter China CEO Bruno Boulnois. "This is a great testimony to the capability and reliability of our aircraft."

Currently, there are a total of 16 EC155s operating in China, with the largest single fleet of 11 owned by the CITIC Offshore Helicopter Co. for oil and gas operations. The twin-engine EC155 is a five-ton helicopter from Eurocopter's well-known Dauphin family. It seats up to 12 passengers comfortably, is extremely versatile and recognized to be the quietest helicopter in its class.

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Sukhoi Superjet 100 MSN 95011 production aircraft performs its first flight

12 September 2011, Komsomolsk-on-the Amur – Yesterday the Sukhoi Superjet 100 MSN 95011 production aircraft intended to be the third to enter into service with Aeroflot performed its first flight. The aircraft was piloted by SCAC pilots Leonid Chikunov and Gennady Pripuskov. During the 3hs. 18 min. flight, the pilots checked the overall engines, systems and equipment performance having confirmed the aircraft characteristics within operational range.

After completing the factory flight tests the aircraft will fly to Ulyanovsk to be painted in the Aeroflot's livery at the Spektr-Avia facility. The delivery of the SSJ100 MSN 95011 to the airline is scheduled for October.

Next SSJ 100 MSN 95012, waiting for the engines to be delivered, is proceeding with the interior installation. As a part of the existing plan to transfer the interior mount to Ulyanovsk and thus boost the final assembly process, a qualified and trained team of Aviastar specialists is currently in Komsomolsk to perform the job. The interiors for the aircraft beginning from 95015 will be mounted in Ulyanovsk.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) is a 100 seat regional jet designed, developed and built by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), in partnership with Alenia Aeronautica. On May 19th 2008 SSJ100 successfully accomplished its first flight. The Sukhoi Superjet 100 cruises at a Maximum Operating Speed of Mach 0.81 and 40.000 feet. It takes off from a 1.731 meters runway in the basic range and 2.052 meters in the long range. The operating range for the basic version is 3.048 km and 4.578 km for the long range version. In February 2011, the SSJ100 obtained the Type Certificate by the Russian Certification Authority IAC AR. The EASA certification is expected to follow in 2011. On April 19th 2011 first production SSJ100 was delivered to Armavia airlines (Armenia). There are currently three SSJ100 in service with Armavia and Aeroflot.

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