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Milestone Leases Back Bristow Search-and-rescue Deal

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Milestone will lease six helicopters to Bristow in support of a search and rescue contract with the Netherlands Coast Guard.
February 20, 2023, 11:12 AM

AerCap unit Milestone Aviation Group has agreed to lease six helicopters to Bristow Group for search-and-rescue (SAR) missions for the Netherlands Coast Guard. The agreement covers two Leonardo AW189s and four Sikorsky S-92s.

Terms of the deal provide for Milestone to complete a purchase-leaseback of a new SAR-equipped AW189 helicopter from Bristow and extend an existing lease on a second AW189 that will be converted for SAR missions. Milestone also is placing three S-92s with Bristow and will add a fourth later this year in support of the deal. 

As part of this deal, we are delighted to add the first SAR-enabled AW189 to the Milestone portfolio and to bring the advanced capabilities of this aircraft to a wider variety of customers operating mission-critical responses,” said Milestone CEO Pat Sheedy. 

Bristow won the ten-year SAR contract with the Netherlands Coast Guard last year. The helicopters are tasked to the Joint Rescue Coordination Center in Den Helder and provide additional services such as post-disaster and incident operations, as well as transportation of the maritime incident response group.

Bristow Search and Rescue Coast Guard helicopters in flight

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