Stratford-based Sikorsky has chosen South Korean helicopter service provider UI Helicopter Co. Ltd to provide maintenance for two models of Sikorsky aircraft that operate in the region.
According to an announcement this week from Lockheed Martin, the parent company of Sikorsky, UI Helicopter will be the only provider of repair and overhaul services to the S-76 and S-92 helicopters, of which there are a combined total of 18 operating in private transportation and government services in South Korea.
Lockheed states customers across the country operate 14 of Sikorsky”™s S-76 medium size commercial helicopters to transport corporate executives and for utility missions. Of Sikorsky”™s larger S-92 helicopter, three are flown by the Korean Air Force for executive transport, and one by the Korean Coast Guard for search and rescue duties. A second S-92 aircraft for the Coast Guard is on order from Sikorsky for delivery in 2017.
UI Helicopter has been operating in South Korea since 1986 and “has more than proved through years of professionalism and discipline the ability to maintain, repair and overhaul large helicopters,” said Christophe Nurit, Sikorsky”™s vice president for Asia. “We are very pleased to recommend UI Helicopter to the growing number of operators of S-76 and S-92 aircraft in South Korea.”
According to Lockheed, since 2004 Sikorsky has delivered 275 S-92 heavy lift helicopters and delivered more than 800 S-76 aircraft globally since 1979.
