September 23, 2009, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, has purchased three new AW139 medium twin engine helicopters and options for additional AW139 purchases rom AgustaWestland.

The company said that the purchases will be funded from currently available capital.

The AW139, which will be an additional model type for the Bristow fleet, is a new generation medium twin-engine helicopter.

Bristow CEO William E. Chiles said that adding the AW139 to the company’s fleet come as a result of discussions “with a number of customers who will require this aircraft model in several of our global markets over the next few years.”

Houston-based Bristow Group has transportation operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the North Sea, and other offshore oil and gas producing regions of the world, including Alaska, Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia and Trinidad.

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