DHART contracts for new AHI helo

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Advanced Response Team (DHART), an air medical transport services provider for Northern New England, has contracted with Airbus Helicopters Inc. for an H135-series helicopter. With bases in Lebanon and Manchester, N.H., DHART provides air ambulance services throughout New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut. DHART operates more than 1,400 missions per year with two EC135 aircraft equipped with the latest instrument flight rules avionics and medical technology. The new aircraft, to be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2016, will replace an older Airbus EC135, which will be transitioned to a dedicated backup role. Metro Aviation of Shreveport, La., will operate and provide aviation services for the new DHART aircraft. (Source: Airbus Helicopters Inc. 03/01/16) Central Mississippi Note: AHI has a large production and manufacturing facility at Columbus, Miss.