D A Y 1 THURSDAY September 14, 2017 China Helicopter Expo ຺াዐࡔཀৄࡔा኱ืऐձબࣷڼ PLA Helps Host Heli Expo ⻺࣯ߍⰡࢇч PAGE 3ۈ仃⁎Вۈ䭳 Avicopter Looks to Future ͚㝗Ⱑⵒⵧ๸䔈⮱ρᎡ PAGE 4 Orders in the Hundreds ͚పⰡࡴᱧጯ౧̺᫚ព๔ PAGE 5 3128ዐࡔ኱ืऐ݀ቛஃ༇ሞཀৄਉӸ 2017౎9ሆ13නLjᆯዐࡔࡵ੣߾ᄽणཷࠅິࢅཀৄ๨ට௷አުࠌཞዷӸLjࡵ੣߾ᄽ኱ืऐࠅິ׶Ӹ Đ2017ዐࡔ኱ืऐ݀ቛஃ༇đሞཀৄ੣ߗঢ়ष൶ਉႜăڦ Leonardo Helps With EMS ቛđྺዷ༶Ljഄዐዐࡔࡵ੣߾ᄽणཷࠅິޭ݀ٷᅃୟďᆅଶཚࡵׂᄽټ㣞ᬯ㏠็ߖ߈͚ప&.4㚫下 PAGE 6 Ԩাஃ༇ᅜĐĎਬ௷බࢇĂᅃ ዘڦᅃୟđࡔाࢇፕټਬ௷බࢇຌႠLjᄺ๟Đᅃڦᇮሞਸట๕ฉዂً้՗๖Ljࡵ੣߾ᄽਏᆶཀ඗רጺঢ়૙ ਬĂ௷ᆩ኱ڦAirbus: China Beats U.S. ᄲଶᇘLj༬՚๟ሞ኱ืऐଶᇘLj࿢்ᅜׂ೗዆ሰྺࢃ႐Ljᅜཚࡵሏᆐྺླྀ๮Ljႚׯକဣଚࣅ କ௽၂ׯၳăڥ੔ჺิׂĂ๨ׇᆐၨࢅྼࢺԍቱ༹ဣLjൽڦ͚పጟ᜽⾧჏Ⱑࡴᱧᰭ๔ጯ౧ PAGE 8 ืऐׂ೗೷ဣLjॺ૬ഐକডྺྜԢ ߳࿋ूՠྷජஃ༇ዷ༶Ljࠌཞჺ༪኱ืऐႜᄽࢅཚࡵׂڦLjઠጲአުĂཚࡵࠅິࢅ኱ืऐ዆ሰฆُܔ ቛ൵๞ࢅ࠽ગമৠLjᅜतසࢆሞਬ௷බࢇࡔॆ቟୼ࢅĐᅃ݀ڦԝৠူپ้ڦᅃୟđټBell to Assemble in China ᄽሞĐਬ௷බࢇĂᅃ ׯࡕăڦዐࣩ݀ዘᄲፕᆩLjࠌၛ݀ቛײᅃୟđॺยࡗټ 䉊ᅁⰡࡴᱧᄳ䓻Გ✳ࣾ PAGE 10 Beijing 999 Buys Russian ࿢ࡔ৆थᅅଐ৸ᇲ኱ืऐ๨ׇႴ൱නᅮྫྷฺ ࡄϙᄳ䛴䉚ӱᐼⰡࡴᱧ PAGE 12 Air Ambulance Takes Off in China EMS Builds Momentum Demand for air ͚ప&.4ጯ౧䊤下 PAGE 14 ambulance services is fueling a boom in helicopter sales into AVIC Helicopters Progress China. "7㈨݄Ⱑࡴᱧःᓄ䔈ᆂ PAGE 18 It might be a boost, though it’s not yet Thales H135 Sim Approved the helicopter boom everyone is expecting, ͚ప PAGE 22ڒ㏔὎᠌க䔈%ڦ䰤∝ says Leonardo Helicopters. But Bell Helicopter disagrees: Heavy Lifter Deal Nears Leonardo Helicopters is supplying rotorcraft for the China’s first nationwide air .䭣⃢ PAGE 24 “Yes, it’s the beginning ambulance service, with 25 AW119Kx types already delivereḓ̸ڒᄳ䔈-(" of the boom. It’s coming.” Air Ambulance helicopters are at the forefront at this year’s Army Aviation in New Era Manufacturers are China Helicopter Exposition. 䊝ा᫝ᬣА PAGE 28 holding commitmentsڢ⾧㝗ۈ͚ప䭳 ڦକ኱ืऐሞዐࡔۯႴ൱ླྀٷ਎ڦ৆थᅅଐ৸ᇲ኱ืऐܔfrom Chinese ৎ౎ઠLj࿢ࡔ କ኱ืऐ๨ׇۯႴ൱ླྀڦٷ኱ืऐ՗๖ǖ৑࠶਎ܠLjટӆభُܔăחcustomers for more ၨ๳ඤ ඵ࣏ᆶ࢔ᇺă၎ݒLjԞܻ኱ืऐݏٷ኱ืऐ๨ׇڦణമਐ૗ኈኟڍቛLj݀ڦ than 500 helicopters ௃ for delivery within theدዐࡵ ॐ኱ܠ ᅙঢ়ઠଣă਍ᇨ֪Lj࿄ઠ ౎ాॽᆶپඵ้ݏڦሶ՗๖኱ืऐ๨ׇ next 10 years, many 10 500 ኱ืऐ዆ٷᅃևݴLjᅺُ߳ٷfor emergency medical ืऐ঍޲ዐࡔLjഄዐ৆थᅅଐ৸ᇲ኱ืऐ቞࢔ ᅃԗߺăڥሞሂሂᇡ๬Lj๬཮ݴۼAn Informa Company services. ሰฆ 2 September 14, 2017 | AviationWeek.com Army Embraces China Helicopter Expo Chairman Cai Eryu ୥ਬ๯ْᅜਬዖ֖े኱ձࣷ President & Publisher, Journal Publication Liu Zhu The Chinese military Vice President Wang Yalin is making its debut at this Executive Chief Editor year’s China Helicopter Wang Yufang Exposition a host of the show, an upgrade from its previous status as an exhibitor. This Editor-in-Chief Wang Jia much greater—and officially [email protected] Cell phone:+86-135-2102-9551 endorsed—involvement allows the show to bill itself Co Editor-in-Chief John Morris as “the only helicopter show [email protected] Cell phone: +1 860-316-8750 in China approved by the Writers Government.” Zhao Li, Yan Siming, Zheng Xiumei, Ma Yuan, Li Xuan Hosting the show with the Photographer Land Aviation Department of Yan Siming the People’s Liberation Army are the Tianjin People’s Government, and Aviation Industry Corp. Art Directors Zhang Lian of China (AVIC), whose Avicopter helicopter business is based In Tianjin. The Expo had already become the world’s second largest professional helicopter show, and Penton Business Aviation Group Managing Director the only one with a flying display program. Frank Craven [email protected] Stars of this year’s flying display will again be the PLA Army’s Feiling helicopter demonstration team, who perform an awe-inspiring aerial ballet with six WZ10 attack Director of Sales Business Aviation Group helicopters. The display will also feature flying by Avicopter’s entire product line, firefighting Elizabeth Zlitni [email protected] demonstrations by an AC313, and a simulated rescue by a Bell 429 air ambulance operated by ShowNews Managing Director Beijing Huabin Star General Aviation Co. Iain Blackhall [email protected] The organizers anticipate 10% more exhibitors than in the 2015 event from 22 countries and Newsroom Manager regions, 25,000 trade visitors and 98 helicopters and drones including 26 in the flying display. Ma Yuan [email protected] ăڪ຺াዐࡔཀৄࡔा኱ืऐձબࣷ๟୥ਬଶ ௃༹ቛڼ Sales Managers ڦݛአުĂਬ߾णཷ ݧႜ՗ᄇዷᄲቛ๖ࡔׂ኱ืऐጎԢଆࡻںऐࠓׯ૬ࢫLj୥ਬ๯ْᇑڞ Wu Jing [email protected] Cell phone:+86-135-8177-2160 र቟ຍႠీǗ๪ྔৢༀቛዷᄲቛڦᅃၜࡔाႠቛࣷă ֡੦Ⴀࢅံ৊ڦYue Ye ࠌཞਉӸ [email protected] ௬཭ऍĂں၄ᅣዷ቟ጎԢLjԈઔڦቛ೗ዖডྫা ๖୥ਬ߳բዖ֖ڦCell phone: +86-152-1083-0552 Ԩা኱ձࣷਬᆩ኱ืऐ ጎڪĂ኎ִኸ੦ڞऍĂݞ੣ݒٶOperations Manager ᆶ໯ሺेLjࡥ߃࿴ጎĂሏ๼Ă൘ခෙ߲ဣଚLjದ ੣ዐ཭ऍĂआ૰ Zhang Jingtong ႚ๕Ljڪ௃༹ቛዷᄲཚࡗ཮ೌĂ๫ೕܠᄱĂጆᆩԍቱጎԢࢅ൘ခጎ ԢǗ๪ాڑ༫ቛ๖କऐሜ࿴ഗ ShowNews is published at China Helicopter Exposition ཞ้Ljቛ၄୥ਬ࠼ඵڦ௬ዷ቟ጎԢࢅ୥ࡵ࿮ටऐဣ ሞቛ๖୥ਬጎԢॺยׯࡕںby China Aviation Publishing & Media Co. Ltd.and Penton ԢLj๯ْቛ๖୥ਬ Media Inc. ăޅཥࢅᆫଆፕد ఇెݧႜ༹ᄓ൶Lj֖ቛႚڦཥLjሺेକ๪ాቛ࠷ Material in this publication may not be reproduced in any ܠform without permission. ๕Ԉઔ኱ืऐݧႜ՗ᄇĂ๪ྔৢༀቛ๖Ă๪ా Printing & Distribution Managed by: She Miao, Yu Sheng Printed in China by: China(Tian Jin) Railway Materials Printing Co. Ltd. Copyright 2017 by China Aviation Publishing & Media Co. Ltd. President, Aviation Week Gregory Hamilton Director, Marketing Communications Elizabeth Sisk AVIC Culture Co. LTD. Chairman Song Qingguo CEO Cai Eryu AviationWeek.com | September 14, 2017 3 Avicopter Looks to the Future ࿵౎ڦዐࡔ኱ืऐׂᄽᬸ᬴ݺ৊ It now claims a 10% share AC312, the three-engine Avicopter says the last five years of China’s domestic market AC313, and the Y-12 fixed-wing have seen the finalizing of design for turbine-engine helicopters, utility aircraft. In the last five of 10 helicopters; 18 versions with some 40 rotorcraft in years it has signed orders for have been certified, and the service. Meanwhile it is working 43 civil helicopters, of which it maiden flights of 17 achieved. toward certification of the has delivered 42, and 40 civil Third-generation helicopters top-of-the-line 16-passenger aircraft. are in service and fourth- AC352 version of the jointly- Avicopter’s activities in generation helicopters are on the developed Airbus Helicopter general aviation continue way, Avicopter says, adding that H175, for which it builds the to expand, with revenues the Z-10 attack helicopter has to airframes for both companies. from aerial forest protection, be improved continuously and the Qu Jingwen, Chairman of AVICOPTER. It is modernizing the four-ton marine monitoring, aerial Z-19 needs to win more exports. AC312 series which traces its mineral prospecting and aerial The company adds that its Avicopter is steadily building a origins to license production of photography, artificial weather production capacity is now 150 customer base and a reputation the Aerospatiale Dauphin, and modification and other business aircraft a year, and its Tianjin in China for its current civil it is working on a new light twin, reaching nearly 1 billion yuan. facility has two production helicopters as it strives to bring a the AC322. Today it holds a 30% market lines that can turn out 70 a year next-generation product line to The Tianjin-based company’s share in aerial forest protection. 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They have already been law enforcement and other placed. missions, and to consider Airbus Helicopters, Bell Helicopter and setting up a final assembly Leonardo Helicopters are together sitting on line in China. orders and commitments for more than 500 `:AA:A>8DEI:G=6HEJ7A>8AN aircraft to be delivered to Chinese customers acknowledged commitments over the next 10 years. That’s 50 helicopters for more than 75 of its Bell a year already booked compared to China’s 505 JetRanger X to Chinese potential to absorb at least 100 helicopters a customers, including 60 to year, according to Airbus Helicopters’ Vincent Reignwood Investment, Ltd. Dufour, vice president-commercial for China. The first delivery to China is China has now become Airbus Helicopters’ expected early next year. single largest market, knocking the U.S. from `:6AH7N!:DC6G9D the No.1 position, he notes. Helicopters with its China The orders and commitments are: distributor, Sino-US `>G7JH:A>8DEI:GH]H6A:ID6=>C:H: Intercontinental of Shanghai, consortium of 100 twin-engine H135 for 80 helicopters of all types. helicopters over 10 years that will be Leonardo says it has sold assembled in China in Qingdao. 180 helicopters to Chinese `8DBB>IB:CI;GDB"ȧCI:GC6I>DC6A customers; some 47 were Financial Leasing Corp., part of China active on the civil register at China’s skies will be filled with helicopters when the boom takes off.