Aircraft Photo of HB-XLQ | AgustaWestland AW-189 | Helipool | AirHistory.net #572955
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:HB-XLQ
Aircraft Original Type:AgustaWestland AW-149/189
Aircraft Generic Type:AgustaWestland AW-149/189
Aircraft Version:AgustaWestland AW-189
C/n (msn):49039
Operator Titles:Helipool
Location
City / Airport:Sankt StephanMap
Country:Switzerland
Airport Codes:ICAO: LSTS   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:17 May 2023
Photo by:Adrian Romang
Photo ID: 572955
Photo Comment

The first and so far only AW189 on the Swiss register taxies out in St Stephan for its first flight as HB-XLQ. It took off and proceeded straight to Helicopter Maintenance Company KAREN loacted in Lodrino, Ticino. The 2016 built aircraft has previously been registered as I-AWCU, OY-HFD and finally in Russia as RA-01698, from where it was imported to Switzerland in late 2021, a bare two months before the Ukraine conflicted started and sanctions on Russia were implemented in due course. Carries a small "Helipool" sticker in the white stripe behind the co-pilot's door.

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