Eurocopter says it has delivered the 1,000th EC135 to its new
owner. Fifteen years after the first of these helicopters rolled
off the production line at the Eurocopter plant in Donauwörth, the
group's President and CEO, Lutz Bertling, handed the keys of the
new aircraft on this landmark occasion to Peter Meyer, the
President of ADAC, 
Germany's
largest automobile club and one of
Eurocopter's longest-standing major customers.
This latest purchase brings the
organization's air rescue fleet up to a total of 51 aircraft,
including the BK117 and EC145 in addition to the EC135. In total,
these aircraft have clocked up no less than 550,000 flight hours to
date and saved numerous lives.