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Leonardo and PHI Group (PHI) have signed a long-term Special Component Plan (SCP), which will see Leonardo provide PHI’s fleet of AW139s with Parts-By-The-Hour support coverage. The agreement marks the first US SCP to be global, covering the Americas, EMEA and APAC, PHI’s three main operating regions.

The SCP will provide PHI with long-term maintenance support, mitigating cost uncertainty and standardising maintenance expenses, while providing better configuration control, a forecast of the fleet behaviour, as well as optimisation of the overall asset management.

According to Vittorio Della Bella, Senior Vice President of Customer Support Services and Training at Leonardo Helicopters, Leonardo is pleased with the comprehensive support and maintenance coverage agreement for PHI’s AW139 and AW109 fleet: “The range of service plans and digital services we’ve developed in-house in recent years, designed around our latest-generation helicopters featuring significant growth potential, provides second-to-none advantages, efficiency, low risk and high service customisation.”

The SCP approach will also leverage the Diagnostic Services Tower based in Sesto Calende, Italy, which will build a collaborative workspace with wide access to global fleet data when combined with a renewed Fleet Operations Centre. The SCP will allow real-time information on aircraft status and use, material service enhancement, analytics for data-driven training and flight operation optimisation.

“Leonardo has presented an innovative new approach to the legacy cost-per-hour agreements,” added Keith Mullett, Managing Director, PHI Aviation. “This new PBH agreement will not only help control costs but also improve material dispatch reliability, allowing PHI to continue providing safe and reliable aircraft for our teams, our passengers and our customers.”

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