The June MoU stated that Airbus would provide "predictive and scheduled maintenance" for PHL's existing fleet of AS365N Dauphin helicopters. The first two are private helicopter companies. The top three users of Airbus helicopters in India area Global Vectra Helicorp, Heligo and PHL. But that does not prevent them from leasing.If business is there, they would need machines (helicopters) to cater to that business," Saraf said.
"Right now, their (PHL) expansion - in terms of capital spend - is put on hold, I would say. Of the 33 helicopters, 31 are AS365N Dauphin helicopters, the remaining two are AS350 B3. Thirty-three of the 43 helicopters of PHL are of Airbus. There are various possibilities that are being explored," he added. "For onshore, the H145 will make a great machine.and for some of the offshore requirements, we can look at H175 or H225. Along with Pawan Hans, we are looking at how can we have them replaced by the new generation of helicopters - the H145 and H225," Saraf said. "Pawan Hans has an ageing fleet of Dauphin helicopters. The remaining 49 per cent is with state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The Centre holds 51 per cent stake in PHL, which has a fleet of 43 helicopters. We do hope that this situation gets on its way in terms of its disinvestment resolved very quickly so that they are on to their expansion plans," he told PTI. "Currently, because of disinvestment (discussion), there has been a pause in terms of expansion of Pawan Hans. They do have the wherewithal and the scale to acquire some thing (helicopters) at a large scale," said Head of Helicopters, Airbus India and South Asia, Ashish Saraf. "Pawan Hans, in terms of helicopters, is a national carrier. On September 25, the Centre extended the last date in this regard to October 10. Since July 11, the Centre has deferred the deadline regarding submission of expression of interest for PHL three times. However, on July 11, the central government issued the Preliminary Information Memorandum to sell 51 per cent of its stake in PHL.Īs the disinvestment process has begun, PHL has put its fleet expansion plans on hold.
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