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First H175 Delivered in the Americas
By: Mark Huber
Caption: H175 will be used by Mexico's Transportes Aéreos Pegaso for oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico
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The first Airbus H175 super-medium twin has been delivered to a customer in the Americas, going to Mexico's Transportes Aéreos Pegaso for oil-and-gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The company will take delivery of a second H175 next year.

Its new helicopter will be providing transport services for the oil industry and supporting seismic exploration activities in the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Transportes Aéreos Pegaso has flown Airbus products for more than 30 years and currently operates a fleet of more than 30 Airbus Helicopters, mainly H145s and H135s, but also H130s and H155s.

Earlier this year, Pegaso signed a framework agreement for 10 new H145 twins. H175s already fly for the oil-and-gas industry in the North Sea and Western Africa. Currently, more than 100 H175s have been ordered. The first VIP version was delivered earlier this summer, and deliveries of the public services version—for missions including SAR, EMS and law enforcement—will begin next year.