In late 2023, HTM’s aircraft was used in a world premiere trial led by Airbus to hoist two crew members into the nacelles of Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind turbines in Norway.
This order will add to HTM’s current fleet which features 18 Airbus helicopters, including a mix of H125s, H135s, and H145s in use to support a variety of missions.
With the delivery of the newly ordered helicopter, HTM’s total H145 fleet will grow to eight helicopters (ten including options). Five of those H145’s (seven including options) will be used to support offshore missions.
“Over the past 15 years in the offshore wind business, we’ve seen projects move further out from the coast and require additional payload which has led us to add additional H145s to our fleet,” said Bernd Brucherseifer , Managing Director for HTM Helicopters.
“In addition to excellent OEI performance, the helicopter offers the chance to quickly perform role changes for various customer missions and is very reliable and easy to maintain. The H145 is the perfect tool for the operation and maintenance phase in offshore wind operations, and we will see a lot more demand for it in this market in the near future.”
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