RotorHub Show Dailies Official Show Daily Media Partner for EUROPEAN ROTORS Media Pack 2021

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Why should you advertise in the RotorHub show daily?

•Official Show Daily Partner: As such, the RotorHub show dailies will make you stand out from the crowd, as Dr. Frank Liemandt, EUROPEAN ROTORS Show Director, comments:

The show dailies are an indispensable guide to what’s happening at “ the event, offering breaking news and exhibitor introductions. With hundreds of exhibitors competing for awareness, the show dailies capture delegates’ attention and guide them towards specific exhibitors, having already equipped them with key company information. ”

•Established and trusted show daily provider: Over its 35-year history, RotorHub has been selected by a number of leading helicopter conference and event organisers to deliver their show dailies and online show news. These include Helitech International, Rotorcraft Asia and Vertical Flight Expo & Conference. Dr. Frank Liemandt, EUROPEAN ROTORS Show Director

•Maximise exposure through print and digital channels: The RotorHub show dailies will be distributed in print format to every delegate who enters the exhibition hall. Coverage will be extended online via the RotorHub website, which is accessed daily by hundreds of industry professionals searching for the latest headlines. Official Show Daily Media Partner

What will you find in the RotorHub show daily?

•Key announcements from the event.

•Reviews of the frontline technology being developed, manufactured and deployed.

•Interviews with key operators.

•Profiles of leading helicopter manufacturers including those involved in HEMS, SAR, oil and gas, and corporate operations.

•Predictions from senior industry professionals as to how they see the rotorcraft industry continuing to provide for an ever demanding and expanding customer base.

The technology now being introduced across the helicopter market looks set “ to revolutionise the industry and capabilities of these rotary marvels. With the introduction of fly-by-wire to the commercial helicopter fleet, pilots will have a new ‘feel’ to handling and flying in the years ahead. At EUROPEAN ROTORS, RotorHub’s show dailies will examine all the latest developments happening across the industry, interviewing the key players and asking the questions that everyone wants answered. ” Glenn Sands, RotorHub Editor Official Show Daily Media Partner

Extend exposure through the official Show Guide…

•As the official reference source for EUROPEAN ROTORS which contains key event information, a timetable of conference programmes and a full list of exhibitors, the Show Guide will be distributed to all event attendees. In this way, it casts its net wide,

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•Attendees will reference the Show Guide throughout the event, thus exposure will be not only extensive but also repeated.

•Finally, the Show Guide will be retained by attendees as a reference source after the event has ended, meaning that visibility for your brand will not be limited to the lifetime

of the event. As attendees debrief and decide upon next GUIDsponsored by E steps following the event, your brand will remain front and foremost in their minds as they turn back to the Nov 16–18, 2021 product to guide their discussions. Koelnmesse | Germany

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two airframes assigned permits the form of laser illuminations. On the evening designation of a primary and a backup, of 15 February this year, an Ornge with both routinely tasked for missions helicopter was struck by a green laser while during a shift. flying over downtown Toronto after While the AW139’s range and cruise completing a call to The Hospital for Sick speed are very favourable for operations Children. As a result of the strike, a pilot in Ontario, circumstances still dictate and a paramedic sustained eye injuries the need to refuel away from bases requiring hospital evaluation. A few days occasionally, usually outbound to a pickup, earlier, on 8 February, an Ottawa-based Ornge operates around the clock, and aircrew are qualified to use and often in order to ensure timely delivery of patients AW139 was also struck by a green laser employ night vision goggles. to the critical care facilities they require. pointed from the ground, which fortunately This is normally accomplished at airfields did not cause any damage or injuries. where services are available on call by As Cunnington proudly points out, Ornge many advantages. Compared to the US, previous arrangement with Ornge. Pilots and medics also permits helicopter pilots to coordinate for instance, which commonly relies on a Most transits are conducted VFR, point Ornge currently employs 92 helicopter and conduct regular training flights during mix of public-sector and private-sector, to point direct, at relatively low level, with pilots, including training pilots assigned to shifts, focused on specific currency for-profit, lowest-bidder operators, Ornge flight following provided by the operations each base. Unlike the fixed-wing side, requirements such as confined area provides Ontario with a coordinated Dr Homer Tien, Ornge’s president and CEO, has centre at HQ, unless weather or other which has more difficulty retaining pilots, extensive trauma care experience, including operations. These normally require a full response across the province, reliably circumstances necessitates a transition to rotary-wing numbers are steady, with little many years of service in the Canadian Forces. four-person crew and a fully equipped consistent service delivery and professional Double page spread Full page HalfIFR. Ornge helicopters page conducting air fluctuation, amounting to a turnover of Quaterhelicopter in case a call-out page occurs during standards, along with fiscal and budgetary ambulance missions are exempt from most around one or two pilots per year. Ornge “more of a destination”, with training. An exception is for pilot NVG continuity and clarity. noise abatement and airspace restrictions. According to Peter Cunnington, whereas long-term career prospects and plenty of training, which is performed without flight The management of Ornge is led by Dr Ornge’s AW139s performed nearly While there are plenty of challenges for many fixed-wing pilots see air ambulance job satisfaction. medics aboard. Homer Tien, who assumed the duties of 4,000 patient transports in 2019. aircrew flying air ambulance missions in work as “a lily pad” to positions in other Consequently, while many of the fixed- Ornge has approximately 200 highly president and CEO in January 2020, having Ontario, a new danger has surfaced in the sectors, helicopter pilots tend to consider wing pilots are relatively young, the rotary- qualified flight medics and nurses on its served as chief medical officer since 2015. wing bench is largely characterised by a staff, including critical care and advanced He was formerly medical director for the depth of experience. For instance, Graham care paramedics. Tory Regional Trauma Centre, the largest Oldfield and Martin Lustyk both did years of trauma centre in Canada, and is a retired single-pilot bush flying in western Canada Management colonel with 29 years of service in the before moving into air ambulance work in Ornge is a non-profit private-sector single- Canadian Forces. 2008 and 2018 respectively. Another source provider of air ambulance services Ian McLean was appointed chief operating Toronto captain, Cliff Rundle, has some 30 to the province of Ontario. As such, it is officer–aviation in 2018 after serving as years’ experience flying helicopters, mostly nearly a full-on provincial government base manager in London and as director of in the air ambulance sector. agency, but not quite. operational logistics and performance. A Ornge is currently advertising a single Reflecting the nature of Canadian retired RCAF pilot, McLean flew C-130 pilot position for an AW139 captain at its healthcare provision, patients do not pay for Hercules transports and CF-188 Hornet Thunder Bay base in western Ontario on the air ambulance services. Rather, all fighters, and he completed multiple seasons shores of Lake Superior, with a salary range associated transactions take place in the with the Snowbirds aerial demonstration of C$95,945 to C$113,883. Requested context of a patient’s Ontario medical team, including two as the commander. qualifications include a valid Canadian ATPL card, or cards from another province for Wade Durham is chief operating officer– (Helicopter); 2,000 rotary-wing hours; 500 those resident elsewhere in Canada. paramedicine, building on a distinguished pilot-in-command (PIC) multi-engine hours; Non-Canadians, however, such as tourists EMS career path that began in 1997. He two years’ experience in instrument flight from the United States or Europe, must pay was previously base manager at Moosonee, operations; a valid Group 4 instrument cash and seek reimbursement from their Kenora and Thunder Bay, and has held rating; and a valid Class 1 medical. Ornge healthcare providers. numerous senior leadership positions within would like candidates to have an AW139 Ornge does not receive direct Ornge, including director of operations and type rating and PIC rating as well, while both reimbursement for services rendered, director of base management. NVG and EMS experience are also desirable. relying instead on annual subsidies from The eight volunteer members of the In addition to check rides with in-house the province to pay for day-to-day board of directors from across Ontario 120mm +3 mm bleed training pilots assigned to each base for operations. Special funding requests are complement and assist the management routine qualifications such as NVG and IFR needed to obtain capital for major team. Board chair Ian Delaney brings currency, the AW139 pilots do annual procurement activities and other initiatives, decades of corporate leadership and simulator training periods with FlightSafety such as the planned repainting programme governance experience, and he is also an in Lafayette, Louisiana. These normally for the now badly weathered AW139s. avid fixed-wing and rotary-wing pilot. The involve five days of training with two The sole-source provision of services by other members bring a wealth of medical, travel days. Ornge to the government of Ontario offers financial and legal experience. ▪

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Package Deal Book space in both the Show Daily and the Show Guide to receive 10% off the combined price! Contact Sales Manager Shelley Potts to take advantage of this package deal. Exhibitions, conferences, best-practice seminars and networking will make EUROPEAN ROTORS email: [email protected] “ an indispensable event; one in which Safran intends to have a growing stake. mobile: +44 (0)7742 551 979 Franck Saudo, CEO of Safran” Helicopter Engines office: +44 (0)1252 545993 Official Show Daily Media Partner

Press Release and Contacts Official Press Release, extract:

RotorHub, the leading international media title dedicated to the civil and parapublic rotorcraft industry, has been selected as the official Show Daily media partner for the new EUROPEAN ROTORS event being held in Cologne, Germany, 16-18 November 2021.

Organised by the European Helicopter Association (EHA) in cooperation with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), EUROPEAN ROTORS will create a unique exhibition and conference where all stakeholders (including OEMs, suppliers and operators) from across the rotorcraft community gather to do business and share knowledge in a comprehensive training and event programme.

“RotorHub is delighted to be appointed the official Show Daily media partner for EUROPEAN ROTORS,” commented publisher of RotorHub, Mark Howells. “European Rotors is set to be the premier event for the European rotorcraft industry hosted by two major organisations (EHA and EASA) that work tirelessly in representing the interests of the rotorcraft community. This is an exciting addition to the rotorcraft event calendar and RotorHub looks forward to supporting the EUROPEAN ROTORS team in making the inaugural show a great success.”

Read on at www.europeanrotors.eu

Mark Howells Shelley Potts Publisher Sales Manager [email protected] [email protected]

Glenn Sands Emma Walker Managing Editor Marketing and Communications Manager [email protected] [email protected]

Contact number: +44 (0)1252 545993

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