The Polish Air Force today signed a contract with Airbus Military for the acquisition of five C295 transport aircraft to further expand their transport capabilities. Deliveries will start end of this year and continue into 2013.
The aircraft will join the existing C295s currently in service, increasing the fleet to 16 aircraft, and will be utilized to support the Polish Air Force in its national and international operations.
Domingo Ureña Raso, Airbus Military's chief executive officer said, “The C295 is working extremely well with the Polish Air Force and we are proud to have a further vote of confidence from our customer with this new order for a further five aircraft. We have a very close relationship with Poland also through our Polish subsidiary and we look forward to further expand our footprint in Poland.
“This order also underlines our leadership in this segment with over 110 orders of which 27 orders were placed this year.”
This now brings to the total orders for the C295 to 113, with 85 currently in operation with 13 countries.
About Airbus Military operations in Poland
PZL Warszawa Okecie, was acquired by Airbus Military (then EADS CASA) in 2001. It has two sites, Warsaw and Mielec, employing 620 people.
The industrial activities range from the design and manufacturing of light trainer aircraft to the manufacturing of sub-assemblies for the Airbus Military CN235 and C295, and wiring harnesses for several commercial Airbus types. Specifically, it produces the outer wings for the Airbus Military C295 as well as the cargo doors, the ramp and the doors for the pilot, paratroopers and passengers on the CN235 and C295. This workshare has been recently increased with the assembly of the nose section for those aircraft, making the company thelargest supplier to these programmes.
