Milestone Aviation has signed purchase-and-leaseback agreements with Bristow Group for two new Leonardo AW139 helicopters configured for search-and-rescue. The aircraft, recently delivered from Leonardo, will support Bristow's UK operations as the UKSAR2G programme builds momentum.
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The deal converts two factory‑new Leonardo AW139s into leased assets, illustrating how lessors underwrite critical SAR fleet renewals while enabling operators to preserve capital and scale capacity quickly.
These AW139s are earmarked for UK SAR operations as the UKSAR2G programme advances, reinforcing Bristow’s operational posture and linking to recent UK AW139 support and domestic assembly developments (see Milestone’s framework agreement with Leonardo and the UK MOD’s AW139 support contract award).
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