UK Launch Orders for Medevac AW169

摘要

Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance Trust (KSSAAT) and the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance have each ordered a single AgustaWestland AW169 for helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) missions. KSSAAT is currently the only UK air ambulance operator to fly 24/7 throughout the year, and will be the first HEMS customer to introduce the AW169 into service in the UK when the helicopter arrives in autumn 2015. It will be operated on its behalf by Specialist Aviation Services, which already has its own order for six AW169s. The Dorset and Somerset AW169 will arrive in 2016 and be based at Henstridge, on the Dorset/Somerset border for easy access to any point in the two counties.