French operator Mont Blanc Hélicoptères has today taken delivery of an Airbus H160 from the factory in Marignane.

The helicopter is being flown on a Cayman Islands registration for a private owner, and the research team from market intelligence company Parapex Media believe it will be replacing an Airbus H145 D2.

Airbus has previously delivered H160s to civilian operators in Japan and Brazil, and to the French military via their operations partner Babcock.

Destinations of other H160s expected to be delivered in the near future include UK and the US East Coast.