On the opening day of the LABACE 2015 show, AgustaWestland announced the sale of an AW109 GrandNew helicopter to Cristalia, a corporate operator in Brazil. This aircraft will join the nearly 150 AgustaWestland light-twin helicopters–including the GrandNew, Grand and Power–that are in operation in Brazil.

The GrandNew, which is on display this week at São Paulo Congonhas Airport for LABACE, features advanced avionics, including an EFIS with synthetic vision and fully compliant GPS-based navigation requirements that allows for all-weather operations.

Orders for nearly 350 Grand and GrandNew helicopters have been placed by more than 210 customers in some 40 countries, according to AgustaWestland. Missions for these helicopter models include VIP/corporate transport, passenger transport, law enforcement, emergency medical service, search and rescue, harbor pilot shuttle, maritime patrol and water pollution monitoring.