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Airbus Delivers First Of Three H145 Helicopters to Papua New Guinea

Thursday, January 28th, 2016

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Airbus Delivers First Of Three H145 Helicopters to Papua New Guinea

An H145 in flight. Photo: Airbus Helicopters.

Airbus delivered the first of three H145 helicopters to Pacific Helicopters in Papua New Guinea for potential use with the PNG Minerals and Resource industry, Airbus said Thursday.The first H145 is being leased from Waypoint Leasing and was delivered to Goroka, the Eastern Highlands Provincial capital after its final reassembly was completed at Airbus’ Australia Pacific’s Sydney facility.H145s can be used for several kinds of missions including defense force support, emergency medical services, law enforcement, government department duties, oil and…

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