{"id":8961,"date":"2025-02-25T18:33:21","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/?p=8961"},"modified":"2025-02-25T18:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:33:21","slug":"milestone-awarded-contract-for-purchase-and-leaseback-of-two-new-leonardo-aw189-helicopters-with-var-energi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/milestone-awarded-contract-for-purchase-and-leaseback-of-two-new-leonardo-aw189-helicopters-with-var-energi\/world_news\/02\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Milestone Awarded Contract for Purchase and Leaseback of Two New Leonardo AW189 Helicopters with V\u00e5r Energi."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image_thumbnail_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image_thumbnail_crop.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image_thumbnail_crop-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRESS RELEASE &#8211; DUBLIN \u2013 February 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (\u201cMilestone\u201d), the global leader in helicopter leasing, today announced that it has been awarded the contract for the purchase and leaseback of two new Leonardo AW189 helicopters with V\u00e5r Energi ASA &#8211; a leading independent upstream oil and gas company. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft, which will be operated by Lufttransport RW AS, are scheduled to deliver in 2026 and will operate on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This announcement follows the recent awarding of a contract to Milestone by Equinor for the purchase and leaseback of five new Leonardo AW189 helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pat Sheedy, the Chief Executive Officer of Milestone, said, \u201cMilestone is delighted to announce the purchase and leaseback of two new AW189 helicopters with V\u00e5r Energi, following a successful competitive tender process. These next-generation AW189s are the ideal choice for NCS operations, offering exceptional versality, reliability and capacity. We look forward to supporting V\u00e5r Energi\u2019s offshore operations and thank them for their business and the trust they have placed in Milestone.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESS RELEASE &#8211; DUBLIN \u2013 February 25, 2025 The Milestone Aviation Group Limited (\u201cMilestone\u201d), the global leader in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2270,6],"tags":[23,22,698,3040,1252,967,1253,1711,3044,3043],"class_list":["post-8961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aw_news","category-offshore","category-world_news","tag-agustawestland","tag-aw189","tag-leonardo-helicopters","tag-lufttransport-rw-as","tag-milestone","tag-milestone-aviation","tag-milestone-aviation-group","tag-milestone-aviation-group-limited","tag-norwegian-continental-shelf","tag-var-energi-asa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8961"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8964,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8961\/revisions\/8964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dgualdo.it\/wpmain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}