The Italian company Leonardo Helicopters bets on the market toéreo de Latinoamérica for growth in the private and military sectors.
Con más de 400 helixópteros currently in service in Américh latina, Leonardo has a stakeón significant in this market both in the civil sector / of services púwarlike as in the military. Leonardo, a través of your local presence, offices and service and maintenance centers, has continued to work alongside its clients, despite the Covid-19 crisis, supporting the operational availability of your fleets, carrying out new and existing programs and helping operators who areán más directly involved in transportation méI say to face the pandemic.
Brazil, Colombia, Argentina and Perú it's the four países in which Leonardo has identified as particularly good market prospects for several of its propellers.ópteros.
Brazil is the market más great of the continent for helicópteros VIP, and the AW109 is already the más sold in the sector. Having always been highly rated for its excellent balance between load capacity, speed, maneuverability and versatility, the AW109 It is perfect for cities like São Paulo, where there are frequent helical transfersóptero between the roofs of skyscrapers.
Además, the AW169 tooén has every time más demand, with nine aircraft already delivered and another two in productionón. Brazil tooén is considered a promising market for the innovative single-engine Kopter SH09, currently in development.
The Brazilian sectorñthat of EMS (services séemergency warnings) spaghettién isá growing rápiously. Rescue operations have traditionally been carried out by security organizations pública (for instance, the policeíthe bus station, the policeíto federal highways (currently AW119Kx customer) or the fire department. However, spaghettiéThere is great potential for the development of specific servicesíhelical ambulance photosóptero. Leonardo isá ready to respond to the various tenders both at the federal level and from the individual states, having its own complete range of propellersólight pteros, including AW119Kx models, AW109 y AW169.
SpaghettiéIt is not importantñalar that Brazil has established several national development plans that cover the economyía, industry and the mining sector. It is úThe latter has a significant perspective for aircraft in categoryíweight ace covered by the call «Family AW», mainly for m modelsás big like the AW189, which is particularly suitable for offshore operations.
Brazil tooén is key for maintenance and support services técustomer cynical. The new Support Center in Itapevi, to some 30 km the São Paulo, isá building to boost the role of regional center (previously located on the site stillíto operative in São Paulo) tend to itá the ability to provide aircraft maintenance services (both civil and military), así like the trainingón of pilots and técynics for the entire South American market. It is a modular infrastructure that can be expanded to offer additional support services according toún market requirements.
Colombia tooén offers important opportunities for Leonardo. Your recent order for a propelleróAW139 ptero for presidential transport is Leonardo's first sale to the A Forceénational area. Since the AW139 is the natural replacement for the Huey UH-1 in its múmultiple versions, including B212 and B412, Leonardo's best-seller is the solutionón ideal for modernizing the military fleets of customers and países of the regionón, including Colombia.
Leonardo offers a propelleróbut it's new, but alsoén fáeasy to integrate into the log chainística local. Leonardo's experience, in Italy as an example, to replace AB212 and AB412 (previously produced under license) by the AW139 has allowed it to develop a transition processón simple and direct to this product úlast generationón fully tested. The AW139 presents new characteríimportant statics in téterms of accessibility to the main systems, menor núgroup of components, extended component life cycles, predictive maintenance and planningónumber of services, all for the benefit of operational efficiency and availability.
La situationón is similar in Argentina and Perú, other key markets for Leonardo. The AW139 is a solutionón ideal due to its unparalleled high altitude performance in its class, an essential capacity for the environmental conditions of the regionón.
In summary, Leonardo offers a wide range of products to meet all customer needs in Américh from the South, in a way unmatched by the competition. Within your own weight class, cada helicóptero guarantees an excellent combinationóperformance no., equipment, aviónica and quest sets, además support télocalized cynical.
