All Nippon Helicopter, an H160 launch customer, deploys a helicopter fleet comprising six AS365s and five H135s for electronic news gathering for TV stations across Japan. This H160 will replace one of its AS365s.

Airbus Helicopters has a team of 330 personnel based in Tokyo and Kobe, offering a suite of helicopter products and solutions. It all started six decades ago with an agreement between Sud and Nozaki.

With the planned expansion at Kobe airport, Airbus Helicopters Japan now has the largest footprint in the aviation business sector of Kobe, occupying 19,677 sqm. Its overall capacity will increase by 60 per cent.