The German Federal Police (Bundespolizei) has signed a long-term HCare Classics support contract for 10 Airbus H120s. The Bundespolizei uses its H120s for pilot training at its flight academy at St. Augustin, near Bonn. The support contract will secure the availability of H120 parts, as well as obsolescence management and technical support.“Our pilot aviation school is the key pillar for pilot training, not only of future pilots of the Federal Police but also of Länderpolizei pilots. Thanks to the high availability and performance of our H120 training helicopters we can ensure a continuous training schedule which is critical for our entire training organisation,” said Matthias Achteresch, Head of Staff Division Administration & Police Technology, Bundespolizei. “The HCare Classics support contract will help us ensure that the fleet is performing at its peak while optimising costs and streamlining maintenance activities.”HCare Classics is Airbus’s recently launched support package entirely dedicated to meeting the support needs of the company’s out-of-production legacy helicopters. Today there are more than 1,800 legacy Airbus helicopters in service with approximately 750 operators around the world. These out-of-production aircraft include the H120, Dauphin, Puma and Gazelle and cumulatively account for around 15% of flight hours generated by the Airbus Helicopters fleet.
