Starting up again after dropping off a patient.

Based at St Athan but registration frequently rotates to maintenance and other bases.

Unlike the 1st AW189 destined for the Irish Coast Guard - refer to picture ID 701869 - , the 2nd AW189 already carries the irish registration. This aircraft will begin flight training in Ireland in August 2024 and will then receive it's full mission equipment latter. The contract won by Bristow Helicopters will consist of 5 new aircraft, while a 6th will be drawn from the current Bristow AW189 fleet in the UK. The six helicopters will be based on four bases (Dublin-Weston, Waterford, Shannon and Sligo), and will be supplement by two Beech King Air fixed-wing aircraft.

In late May 2023, Bristow Helicopters won the tender to provide for Ireland's SAR needs for the next ten years. Here, the 1st new AW189 destined for that contract can be seen during a refueling stop in Switzerland, while being ferry flown from Milano to Aberdeen. There, it will be equipped with the necessary SAR mission equipment (as G-CMTP), before relocating to Ireland for training the flight crews, ground and offshore partners. The heli will be put into service on November 1, 2024 (by then with a EI-registration), starting to replace the current SAR S-92's operated by CHC Helicopters.

Photo was taken on-board Dutch marine vessel De Zeven Provincien, some 20km off the coast of Den Helder, the Netherlands, during a Coastguard demonstration for crew members and familiy.

Built in 2022 and delivered to the Coast Guard at Den Helder later October 2022. Operated by Bristow on behalf of the Dutch Coast Guard. Seen here making a missed approach at Eelde.

Visitor during 2022's Ten Tors event.