捷德航空签署20架空客H175直升机订单并启动运营境外直升机租赁与金融公司
维也纳当地时间4月25日，空中客车直升机与上海捷德航空技术有限公司（简称 “捷德航空”）宣布签署了一份多达20架空客H175直升机的采购合同（包括10架确认订单和10架可选订单）。总部位于爱尔兰都柏林的直升机租赁与金融公司GD Helicopter Finance（GDHF）计划将这些H175直升机租赁给执行近海能源、搜索救援、紧急医疗服务及公共服务等任务的全球客户及政府部门。
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https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2024-04-gdhf-secures-20-h175s-for-worldwide-lease
Vienna – Airbus Helicopters and GDAT, have signed a contract for up to 20 H175 helicopters (ten firm orders and ten options). GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF), a start-up helicopter leasing and finance company based in Dublin, Ireland, will be marketing these H175 helicopters to customers in the energy, SAR, EMS and parapublic market segments worldwide.
“GDHF is very pleased to announce the availability of 50 H160 and 20 Airbus H175 super medium helicopters to the worldwide market. This new H175 order, along with the existing 50 Airbus H160 medium helicopters already on the GDAT orderbook, will be available to GDHF. This deal will further enhance GDHF’s ability to offer our customers near term availability of efficient, cost-effective, multi-mission helicopters of the very latest technology. GDHF will build a strong relationship with Airbus to deliver high value solutions for our customers,” said Michael York, CEO of GDHF.
“The creation of GDHF and this follow-on GDAT contract underlines the versatility and competitiveness of the H175 and the H160. We look forward to a long-standing partnership with GDHF as they put these multi-mission helicopters into service with their customers around the globe,” said Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters.
In service since 2015, Airbus' H175 belongs to the super-medium class of helicopters, combining long-range and payload with smooth flight qualities, making it the optimal solution for a wide range of onshore and offshore mission profiles, including disaster relief, search & rescue and other public services, as well as crew change and private and business aviation. The 55 H175s currently in service have accumulated more than 210,000 flight hours, of which 184,000 in the energy sector.
捷德集团航空运行板块（捷德航空）主要从事直升机“销售和租赁、运行与代管、维修大修和改装、飞行与维修培训”，投资有21架11吨级空客H225大型直升机，是该型机全球最大机队的持有人，在通航业务独特性和综合性上具备行业领先优势，旗下浙江德盛通用航空有限公司（德盛通航）常年服务于全国各省(自治区、直辖市)、市地方政府航空应急救援。
近年来，捷德集团持续增持优质直升机资产，践行国内-国际双循环战略。2023年4月，法国总统马克龙访华期间，捷德集团与空客直升机签订50架全新6吨级空客H160新一代中型直升机采购合同，这也是H160直升机推出市场以来，民用和公共市场领域的单笔最大订单。
2024年4月，捷德集团与空客直升机签订20架全新7吨级空客H175超中型直升机。捷德集团现有机队与储备订单已超过100架（中大型）直升机。未来，捷德集团H160和H175直升机将服务于航空应急救援、近海能源、海上及陆上搜索救援、警务飞行、执法飞行、紧急医疗、公共运输、政府和公务飞行等领域。
