Eurocopter in Aberdeen

The Lord Provost of Aberdeen, opening the new EC225 simulator and service centre, said that “this city understands North Sea oil rigs. In the last forty years Aberdeen has become a by-word for the oil industry.” He told the gathered aviation audience that he was extremely pleased to have Eurocopter in Aberdeen, and that their presence was “helping with the safety aspect and, in their work with windfarms, the ecology.”

Thanking the Lord Provost for his kind words, Markus Steinke, the Managing Director of Eurocopter UL, replied that Eurocopter had selected Aberdeen for the new facility because of its location at the heart of the UK oil and gas exploration industry...