(11 September 2022, 10:44 +07)
HeliDax, a French helicopter operator and full
subsidiary of DCI Group, has signed a HCare Classics
support contract with Airbus to optimise the availability of its H120
fleet.
HCare Classics is Airbus’ new support package
designed to meet the support needs of the company’s
out-of-production legacy helicopters.
An H120 operator
since 2008, HeliDax relies on its fleet of 36 H120s to provide
basic and advanced training to the French and Belgian armed forces
and the French Gendarmerie.
Since the beginning of this
partnership with the French government 14 years ago, HeliDax has
maintained an availability level of 100% and has accumulated
246,000 hours of H120 flight time, training multiple generations
of helicopter pilots. That translates to as many as 22,000 flight
hours per year.
HeliDax H120
HeliDax’s fleet is the largest in-service
H120 fleet in the world today. With eight years remaining in the
pilot training programme contract, HeliDax selected HCare Classics
to benefit from the OEM’s guaranteed support performance.
“To continue guaranteeing our fleet and service availability until
the end of our contract with the government in 2030, it is
essential to have a strong commitment from our major partner,
Airbus Helicopters, in terms of support and obsolescence
monitoring,” said Christian Prigentt, Director of HeliDax. “The
HCare Classics contract secures our supply chain and replaces our
acquisition of safety stocks, whose quantities are based on
estimates only without taking into account future logistical
supply chain risks. In this respect, and thanks to its service,
which is paid per flight hour, this contract will contribute
directly to our management of maintenance costs, until the end of
our agreement with the French government.”
Today there are more than 2,000 legacy Airbus
helicopters in service with approximately 750 operators around the
world. Those out-of-production aircraft include the H120, Dauphin,
Puma and Gazelle and account for 15% of the flight hours generated
by the entire Airbus Helicopters fleet.
“HeliDax is a
great example of the many customers who continue to operate legacy
helicopters to perform essential missions, and we’re honored to
extend our relationship with them via this support contract.
Through HCare Classics, Airbus Helicopters secures the supply
chain and ensures sufficient provision of spare parts, as well as
other support options specifically tailored to meet the needs of
these unique operators,” said Christoph Zammert, Executive Vice
President of Customer Support & Services at Airbus Helicopters.
“One example of how we approach the supply chain is by parting out
aircraft as a means to inject parts into the pool, thus adding an
important lever for sustainable life-cycle management of our
fleet.”
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