AHI delivers first EC145e to Metro

Shreveport, La.-based Metro Aviation has accepted the first Airbus EC145e helicopter produced at the manufacturer’s Columbus, Miss., It’s the first of 25 ships that Metro ordered in 2018. Metro was the first customer of the EC145e when it was introduced in 2015. It has now been approval for IFR with either one or two pilots, as has an EFIS suite and full stability augmentation systems. Metro worked with Genesys Aerosystems to build the avionics package specially configured for air-medical and “utility” operations. The Airbus Helicopters Inc. Columbus plant has been in operation since 2004. It builds UH-72A Lakota helicopters for the Army and is the final assembly location for the H125 helicopter. (Source: AV Web 09/10/19) https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/airbus-delivers-first-us-made-ec145e/