Vietnamese helicopter firms order three Airbus H225s for offshore energy work

The Southern Vietnam Helicopter Company and the Northern Vietnam Helicopter Company placed an order for three H225 Super Puma helicopters to support offshore energy operations, marking the first orders for the model from an oil‑and‑gas customer in a decade.

Michel Macia, head of the Super Puma program, noted that 22 Super Pumas are currently used for oil‑and‑gas transport in South America, Asia and Africa, and that globally close to 800 Super Puma family helicopters are operated by more than 100 operators with over six million flight hours logged; he also said the retirement wave for the offshore Sikorsky S‑92 fleet is expected to begin around 2030‑2032 as the first offshore S‑92s reach 20 years of service.