Associated Aircraft Group adds a fifth Sikorsky S-76 to managed fleet

A Sikorsky S-76D heicopter in flight.

Associated Aircraft Group (AAG) adds a fifth Sikorsky S-76 helicopter to its managed fleet.

A Sikorsky S-76D heicopter in flight.

The addition of Associated Aircraft Group’s fifth Sikorsky S-76 helicopter increases the company’s total fleet to nine aircraft throughout the US north-east.  The company has the largest fleet of Sikorsky S-76 aircraft available for charter and fractional ownership in the Northeast.

The Sikorsky S-76 helicopter is an executive-configured VIP helicopter with space for eight passengers. The helicopter is based in Farmingdale, New York and will be available throughout the Northeast from Boston and New York to Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

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Scott Ashton, president of AAG, says: “We are extremely excited to add this helicopter to our fleet of managed aircraft. AAG’s growth in both the charter and management facets of our business, in addition to an expansion in service area, makes us a prominent leader in the business aviation industry with a significant East Coast presence.”

“With a total of nine helicopters, we are able to provide a full complement of aviation services, including supplemental lift for flight departments, charter through our Excalibur Card, and fractional ownership through the Sikorsky Shares programme,” adds Ashton.

AAG has aircraft in five locations: Providence, Rhode Island, Farmingdale, New York, Teterboro, New Jersey, Dutchess County, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.