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Airbus Helicopters was formed in 1992 as Eurocopter Group, through the merger of the helicopter divisions of Aérospatiale and DASA. The company's heritage traces back to Blériot and Lioré et Olivier in France and to Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulf in Germany.
Airbus Helicopters was formed in 1992 as Eurocopter Group, through the merger of the helicopter divisions of Aérospatiale and DASA. The company's heritage traces back to Blériot and Lioré et Olivier in France and to Messerschmitt and Focke-Wulf in Germany. Airbus Helicopters and its predecessor companies have established a wide range of helicopter firsts, including the first production turboshaft-powered helicopter (the Aérospatiale Alouette II of 1955); the introduction of the Fenestron shrouded tail rotor (on the Gazelle of 1968); the first helicopter certified for full flight in icing conditions (the AS332 Super Puma, in 1984); the first production helicopter with a Fly-by-wire control system (the NHIndustries NH90, first flown in full FBW mode in 2003); the first helicopter to use a Fly-by-light primary control system (an EC135 testbed, first flown in 2003); and the first ever landing of a helicopter on Mount Everest (achieved by an AS350 B3 in 2005).
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| Type | Operating Division |
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| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1992; 31 years ago |
| Founder | Aérospatiale Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm |
| Headquarters | Marseille Provence Airport Marignane, France |
| Key people | Bruno Even (CEO) |
| Products | Helicopters |
| Revenue |
 €6.5 billion (2021)
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| Operating income |
€535 million (2021)
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| Number of employees | 20,126 (2021) |
| Parent | Airbus |
| Subsidiaries | Subsidiaries |
| Website | https://www.airbus.com/ en/products-services/helicopters |
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AS355 Écureuil 2 1975-2016
EC120 Colibri B
H120 1998-2017
AS350 Écureuil (Squirrel)
H125 1975-present
AS550 Fennec / AS555 Fennec 2
H125M 1990-present
EC130 (from AS350) H130 2001-present
EC135 H135 1996-present 2.98
EC635 H135M 1998-present 2.9
EC145 (from BK 117)) H145 2002-present
EC645 H145M 2014-present 3.7
AS365 Dauphin 1978-2022 4.3
AS565 Panther 1986-present
EC155 H155 1999-present
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H160 2019-present
EC175 H175 2014-present
AS332 Super Puma H215 1980-present
AS532 Cougar H215M 1978-present
EC225 Super Puma H225 2004-present
EC725 Caracal[e] H225M 2005-present
NHIndustries NH90 NH90 2006-present
EC665 Tiger Tiger 2003-present 6.6
Product list Military (date information from Airbus)
Airbus A400M Atlas
Airbus A300-600 Beluga
Airbus A330-600 Beluga 2
Airbus A310 MRTT
Airbus CC-150 Polaris RCAF
Airbus CC-350 Husky RCAF
Airbus A330 Voyager MRTT
VIP Airliners
Some of the helicopters were renamed in 2015, resembling Airbus airplane naming. When the division changed its name from Eurocopter Group to Airbus Helicopters in 2014 the trade names of the products were changed (applied by 1 January 2016) to reflect this. Suffixes, as well as the differentiation for single or twin engines, were no longer to be used. Military versions were to be symbolized by the letter M. The only exceptions to this new branding were the AS365, the AS565, the Tiger and the NH90, which will keep their current names.
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| H160-B civil variant | |
| Role | Medium utility helicopter |
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| National origin | Multinational |
| Manufacturer | Airbus Helicopters |
| First flight | 13 June 2015 |
| Introduction | 2021 |
| Status | In production |
| Produced | 2015-present |
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