AgustaWestland’s ubiquitous red table cloth appeared again at Helitech for a signing ceremony with UK distributor Sloane Helicopters.  The event was the handover of the UK’s first GrandNew helicopter, which they have imported for a UK corporate owner (see HeliHub.com story).  Seen in our photo here are Bruno Spagnolini (CEO of AgustaWestland) and David George (Chairman of Sloane Helicopters.

This particular aircraft – serial 22236 and registered as G-SGRP – is for Stobart Grouo and will replace an earlier A109E Power G-STGR which has been noted regularly in the sales pages in recent months.  G-SGRP will be based at Carlisle Airport, one of two owned by the group, and operated in the executive transport role between the company’s various locations.

Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com