Eurocopter

Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering has presented a EC 645 T2 military helicopter in Astana.

Beisdes, the JV plans to expand the range of models already produced.

French business delegation and Kazakhstan reps exchanged opinions on enhancement of Kazakhstan-French relations in trade and investments.

An official visit of French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to Kazakhstan is scheduled for March 1-2, 2013.

Being the only EC145 producer in the CIS, Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering has the exclusive rights to supply helicopters to Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Azerbaijan.

Apart from assembly and maintenance, the center will be providing training services to both pilots and engineers.

This is a German-French joint venture. Spare parts for the helicopters are supplied to Astana from Germany only: Ambassador.

Two EC 145 helicopters made by Eurocopter and assembled in Kazakhstan made their first pilot flights on December 1.

We will make our own helicopters with Eurocopter: Karim Massimov.