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Romania To Host Production Facility for Airbus H215 Heavy Helicopter

Tuesday, November 17th, 2015

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Romania To Host Production Facility for Airbus H215 Heavy Helicopter

Airbus Helicopters and Romanian government officials at a ceremony setting the foundation stone for a new factory that will produce H215 heavy helicopters. Photo: Airbus Helicopters.

Airbus Helicopters began construction of a new factory in Brașov, Romania, for production of the new H215 heavy helicopter, the company said at a ceremony Tuesday.The factory is set to be 10,000 square meters and will house the H215 production from procurement to after-sales, including design office activities. The facilities are planned to provide over 300 jobs in the long term.At the ceremony held by Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus Helicopters, with Romanian Secretary of State Alexandru Nastase in attendance,…

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