Two million flight hours milestone for AW139

The AW139 helicopter has reached a milestone of two million flight hours, across all operational scenarios on five continents, while performing a wide range of missions with commercial, government and military operators.

It has taken just three years after reaching the first million.

With the AW139 fleet leader having exceeded 12,000 hours on a single aircraft, nearly 900 units are today in service out of over 1,000 on order by more than 300 customers in 80 countries worldwide.

The AW139 is assembled in Philadelphia, USA, and Vergiate, Italy, and it operates as SAR, EMS, law enforcement and homeland security, patrol, firefighting, disaster relief, offshore transport, VIP/corporate transport, utility and military duties.

Terry Spruce

Terry is Senior News Editor and writes for both Corporate Jet Investor and Helicopter Investor. He is also responsible for our helicopter guides. Terry has been an aviation enthusiast since the early 1970s. He is a lapsed Private Pilot and ex-Piper Cherokee owner. He has flown a number of light aircraft and is comfortable sitting in the co-pilot's seat or the back of any aircraft. Before moving to journalism he was a banker for 20 years. You can contact him at: terry@corporatejetinvestor.com or follow him on twitter @Terry_Spruce

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