StarFlight orders three Airbus H145s for Tasmanian emergency services

Australian operator StarFlight has ordered three Airbus H145 helicopters to operate emergency services for Ambulance Tasmania and Tasmania Police, with the type due into service from 2027. Airbus Helicopters says the sale underlines demand for its light-twin platform as it pursues further H145M orders.

Discovered 2025-09-24T18:31:26.260557-07:00 | 2025-09-24T18:31:26.260557-07:00

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The three-aircraft order upgrades Tasmania’s aeromedical and police rotary capability, with all aircraft earmarked to enter service from 2027 and directly impacting regional emergency response capacity.
The deal is a datapoint in civil rotorcraft demand: civil helicopter deliveries were valued at $2 billion in H1 2025, supporting aftermarket and operator workload projections (see civil helicopter deliveries valued at $2 billion: https://hype.aero/?story=38a70a34-8a7d-4511-b200-d55e96f410de).
Airbus Helicopters is pushing both civil and militarised variants—see its ongoing work and export push through flight testing of the H160M Guépard—which frames the manufacturer’s broader sales strategy for light twins and the H145/H145M family (see flight testing of the H160M Guépard: https://hype.aero/?story=d1f51f2c-dfb0-49c5-9a27-6b98b2e34b93).

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