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Main description

Everything you need rolled into a handy little package.
The EC120 B, also known as the “Colibri” (Hummingbird), is a 1.7 ton, single-engine aircraft designed for mission flexibility. It features advanced technologies for simple, safe and cost-efficient operations as well as easy maintenance. It is the only fully FAR/JAR 27 certified helicopter in its class. The EC120 B’s state-of-the-art ergonomic cockpit, complete with a dual LCD-screen Vehicle and Engine Multifunction Display (VEMD), greatly decreases the pilot’s workload, and its Turbomeca Arrius 2F engine offers very low fuel consumption.

Eurocopter is committed to supporting your Eurocopter product with the same level of excellence that you have come to expect from our aircraft themselves. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of our customers, whether this be maximizing flight revenues, ensuring public safety or saving lives. In order to provide the individualized attention our customers require, we offer:

• A worldwide service network of 26 subsidiaries and participations, along with more than 100 distributors, representatives, training centers, repair and overhaul facilities, and maintenance centers, as well as logistic hubs in France, Hong Kong and the USA.  
• Customer Service Centers in Europe, Asia and the USA offering around-the-clock worldwide customer assistance 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to keep you in the skies.  
• A world of services to meet customers’ needs in terms of technical support, component repair and overhaul services, parts and spares support, technical publications and training – at our facilities, or yours.  

So Easy You Can Do It Yourself

The EC120 B has been designed with a full “Integrated Logistic Support” process: support activities were taken into account during the design and development phase.

• Low maintenance cost: simple to understand and easy to maintain  
• Maximum availability: many maintenance tasks can be performed by the operator
• Convenient customer service network
• Innovative maintenance with the full integrated services

Operational Maintenance

• Reconditioning via parts exchange or modules offered to operators for every system including transmission. 

Scheduled Maintenance*

• Upon demand: Blocked full inspection or distributed inspection
• Limited only to 4 types of inspections:
  - 100 Flight Hours or 12 months
  - 500 Flight Hours or 24 months
  - 1500 Flight Hours or 72 months
  - 12 years
• No major overhaul

* Excluding engine
and potential corrective maintenance

Maintenance Tools

• No test bench required 
• Limited number of tools for
  scheduled maintenance