Metro Aviation wins STC for Airbus H160 EMS interior and expands H140 medevac fleet

Metro Aviation has received a supplemental type certificate for an Airbus H160 emergency medical services interior and is expanding its H140 medevac fleet. The moves allow the operator to field Airbus’s medium‑twin — positioned between the H145 and H175 — alongside increased H140 capacity.

Discovered 2025-10-26T15:39:45.486933-07:00 | 2025-10-26T15:39:45.486933-07:00

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The H160 EMS STC enables faster missionisation as Airbus is ramping H160 production to as many as 60 aircraft per year and already has more than 50 H160s operational, which affects availability and fleet planning: https://hype.aero/?story=c7d3c025-6c83-4ffa-8571-984943e3ea1a
Metro’s H140 fleet expansion follows the type’s demonstrated early maturity in hot‑and‑high flight tests, signalling operator confidence in the H140 as a modern light‑twin for medevac missions: https://hype.aero/?story=4a028a21-4104-4ea6-824e-cad1aec97451
The H160’s growing role in public‑safety missions — including a recent firefighting‑configured H160 handover in Hiroshima — highlights the platform’s mission flexibility for EMS, firefighting and other government roles: https://hype.aero/?story=ec779d3d-47c8-4ab6-a978-7a459df304d6

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