New AgustaWestland Service Centre Opens in Chile

AgustaWestland has announced that AVIASUR has opened a service centre at Santiago’s Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Chile to provide maintenance and other support services for AgustaWestland commercial helicopter customers. An official opening ceremony was held on 8 August.

AgustaWestland said the new service centre is an important aspect of the company’s strategy to provide customers with greater levels of service close to their operating locations. This opening brings the number of AgustaWestland service centres worldwide to more than 80.

AgustaWestland now has 17 of its helicopters operating in Chile comprising eight AW119 Koalas, seven AW109s, one Grand and one W-3A Sokol. The first GrandNew light twin helicopter is scheduled to be delivered to Chile later this year.

AVIASUR has acted as Independent Sales Representatives for Chile and Peru for AgustaWestland commercial helicopters since 2011.