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Dallas, 12 March 2025 — Leonardo AW09 next generation single engine helicopter’s market footprint continues to expand with further demand and distributors reinforcing their commitment with new preliminary sales orders as the program development makes progress.
Helitech Asia PTE LTD, based in Singapore, was appointed AW09 distributor in 2023 for Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam—markets with robust interest in the AW09. Having initially committed to 10 preliminary sales contracts in 2023, Helitech has signed an additional 10 to meet rising customer demand, as the first 10 units have already been allocated to end users.
Kaan Air, a long-term Leonardo Helicopters distributor for the AW119Kx, AW109 family, AW169, AW139, and AW189, has extended its Distributorship mandate to the AW09. Following this appointment, Kaan Air is adding five more preliminary sales contracts in response to growing interest from Turkish operators, bringing its total commitment to 10 units.
Meanwhile, Synerjet, an established Leonardo distributor for the AW119Kx, AW109 series and AW169 in Colombia, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Paraguay, has now been appointed as the official AW09 distributor for the same countries. Synerjet has already signed preliminary sales contract for 5 units in 2024.
«We sincerely appreciate our partners’ continued commitment to the AW09, which is expanding its presence in global markets and establishing itself as the new benchmark in its category,” said Paul de Jonge, SVP Commercial Market Development & Global Accounts at Leonardo Helicopters. “These growing partnerships reflect our increasing competitiveness in the single-engine helicopter market.»
As the AW09 program advances, the aircraft continues to generate strong interest from operators worldwide. Rotorcraft companies and private operators highly welcome the AW09 for its performance, versatility, and cuttingedge design – marking a significant evolution in the single-engine helicopter segment.
Leonardo Helicopters AW09
The AW09 perfectly complements Leonardo’s product range in the Long Light Single-segment, introducing an allnew design aircraft to sustain long-term competitive positioning in this weight category. Also, designed as a true digital helicopter and connected from day one, the AW09 will allow data transmission, gathering, and analysis for technical support, scheduled maintenance, and flight efficiency/safety capabilities with no equal in the singleengine market.
The total number of preliminary sales for the AW09 is now nearly 130 units globally.
In recent months, several milestones have been achieved during the developmental activities such as completing engine icing tests in collaboration with Safran, progressing the bird strike compliance demonstration by successfully completing another shot in the second most critical location of the windshield, finalizing all fatigue tests for the main and tail rotor blades, and achieving the first engine start of the Tie Down Helicopter with the track and balance of the main and tail rotor blades. As the industrialization of the AW09 begins, the first serial aircraft (P6) has now entered the Final Assembly Line at Vergiate, Italy, marking another major milestone in the program development.
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