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The aircraft arrived in the country and is scheduled to carry out logistics missions on ships, transporting passengers for the offshore oil and gas industry.
Always committed to innovation, Omni Taxi Aéreo has just added the first H175 model to its helicopter fleet. Made in France by Airbus Helicopters, the super-medium aircraft, with the capacity to comfortably transport 16 passengers to ships in the offshore oil and gas industry, is the first of its kind to operate in South America.
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Omni Taxi Aéreo and its new contract with the offshore oil and gas industry
The aircraft arrives in Brazil to fulfill the new contract with Omni with Petrobras, operating ships, mainly transporting passengers and cargo in the Amazon region, where the oil and gas company develops activities in the offshore oil and gas industry.
The aircraft has state-of-the-art equipment, in line with the best and most modern practices in the aviation industry, such as TCAS 2 and external cameras for monitoring operations.
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Omni CEO Roberto Coimbra said the H175 has the range "to reach 100 percent of Brazil's offshore installations and [with] high-tech equipment on board it is a very promising aircraft" to serve the Brazilian oil and gas market.
“With 40 aircraft currently in service accumulating more than 85.000 flight hours, the H175 has set new standards for offshore operations around the world and I am grateful to Omni for introducing the aircraft to the important Brazilian oil and gas market,” said Airbus Helicopters Oil and gas vp Regis Magnac.
How will the H175 meet the demands of the oil and gas sector, offshore logistics operations for platforms and ships?
In short, the H175 was designed to primarily serve the offshore energy market and can carry 16 passengers at up to 160 nm.
The aircraft is equipped with Airbus' Helionix avionics suite, four-axis autopilot and can perform fully automatic oil rig approaches in Rig'N Fly mode.
