The further development of the AC67 equipment, which has been successfully in use for many years, has now been implemented by Bucher engineers resulting in the new AC67 flex. Up until recently, only dedicated HEMS operators have been able to benefit from the high quality Bucher HEMS kits. Now, customers such as police, transport companies or military operators will have the opportunity to convert their H135 helicopter into a fully functional rescue helicopter within about 30 minutes by using the AC67 flex-kit. Mission profiles are now available for almost every HEMS application, from primary, secondary to disaster missions with dual stretcher.
The short installation time of about 30 minutes was made possible by the proven quick release system from Bucher Leichtbau. The HEMS-kit can be installed and removed quickly and safely without tools and with just a few hand movements. This means that the helicopter is always available for further use.
Beat Burlet, CEO of the Bucher Group, comments on this certification:
More and more helicopter operators want to be able to use their helicopters around the clock. With our equipment, we address exactly this need and make it possible to equip the helicopter for HEMS operations within minutes through the fast and flexible installation and removal system. We are very pleased, that we have already have won customers for this new product. With the successful approval of our AC67 flex equipment, we are now able to deliver the first kits this year.
For more information about our AC67 flex equipment, please visit our website. For any further questions or a non-binding offer, please feel free to contact our team at: bucher@bucher-group.com.
Bucher’s focus for this project was to enable Uganda Airlines to provide the best service possible for their passengers. To do so, Bucher developed exceptional features like flower holders in the Business Class area and provisions for easy adaptions of the Galley layout for new catering requirements in the future e.g. increase of oven capacity or installation of wine chillers. A customized decoration of the monuments will provide a warm welcome to passengers and will help further create a comforting atmosphere within the cabin.
Commenting on the news, Ephraim K. Bagenda, Director of Maintenance, Uganda Airlines comments: “I am delighted that Bucher delivered extraordinary Galleys, Stowages and Partition Walls to Uganda’s new A330-800neo aircraft. The news is a testament to the quality products and service that Bucher is renowned for, and marks the start of our working relationship together. We look forward to welcoming our passengers in these beautiful aircrafts.
Quality has always been driving force at Bucher. This can be attributed to the founder of the company, Heinrich Bucher, who was inspired by the idea of producing lightweight and reliable galleys made out of aluminum. Bucher has continued to refine and optimize this unique lightweight construction concept. Nowadays, however, Bucher has expanded its product offering to also include composite and carbon fiber materials, thus allowing the company to easily and efficiently adapt its products to meet individual customer requirements. Bucher continues to be a global leader in all line fit and retrofit projects.
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Bucher Group, the aircraft interior solutions specialist, has been awarded once again for Excellent Customer Support at the Airbus Customer Support Awards.
Excellent result
This Award recognizes the customer support performance of selected cabin equipment suppliers regarding product, service and cost. The award is based on the results of a survey of global airline customers and also reflects Airbus’ rating for supplier engagement, spares and repair performance and provided support. Designed to guide Airbus customers during their equipment selection process, eligible suppliers are rated against these key criteria. In 2020, Bucher again achieved this excellent result, which marks the 9th year Bucher has been awarded this honor. Once again Bucher’s successful customer-centric approach and commitment has been recognized and celebrated by one if it’s most significant customers. This is a true honor.
Commenting on the award, Beat Burlet, CEO of Bucher Group says:
As a niche player, our agility and proximity to our customers enables us to maintain our customer focus year after year. We also owe this award in large part to our outstanding program management team and to our excellent relationships, that we have developed with our customers. The results speak for themselves. For the 9th time, we have been awarded for our excellent customer service, repair performance and tireless efforts. It is this interaction of services that leads to very good survey results.
For more information about Bucher Group, please visit: https://bucher-group.com or contact us at: bucher@bucher-group.com.
With our newly created antiviral kit, we offer passengers and crew the best possible protection from germs when boarding and during the flight. Positioned at the entrance to the aircraft cabin, is a dispenser that provides hand sanitizer and hygiene masks. This solution allows crew members and passengers to disinfect their hands and obtain fresh face masks as required. For taxi, take-off and landing, this dispenser unit can be easily removed and stowed in the Galley.
Furthermore, all gripping surfaces on Galleys, such as handles, latches and work surfaces will be coated with an antiviral surface to reduce the risk of contact transmission. In addition, UV light in the Galleys ensures that germs in the working area on surfaces and in the air can be eliminated in just a few minutes.
For more information on our Antiviral Galley Kit, please contact us at bucher@bucher-group.com
Therefore the whole team today is extremely pleased to have received EN ISO 13485:2016 from the Notified Body SQS. This will enable Bucher Leichtbau to develop new medical devices for use in the field of air rescue and, if necessary, to certify them.
“We are now able to approve our products efficiently and with the accustomed reliability at a European or even worldwide level. Due to our experience we were able to bring our processes up to the standard of EN ISO 13485:2016 in very short period of time which proves a high level of professionalism. This enables us to even better meet customer requirements and to continue to ensure patient safety,” says Beat Burlet, CEO of Bucher Leichtbau AG.
DRF Luftrettung continues to rely on Bucher Leichtbau for the interior fittings of its new helicopters. The signed agreement between the two organisations comprises of 15 AC70 kits for the H145 and up to 5 AC67 kits for the H135, which were developed with the input of DRF Luftrettung’s and Bucher Leichtbau’s extensive practical experience and technical know-how. The new “heart” of the established interior fittings is the stretcher. This new system for carrying patients was extensively tested for over a year at two of DRF Luftrettung’s HEMS bases before the start of series production, and meets all the requirements of the HEMS crew today.
“For many years now, we have relied on Bucher Leichtbau’s HEMS equipment, which meets our high quality standards. Thanks to our close collaboration, we were able to incorporate our practical experi-ence directly into the development process at Bucher Leichtbau. The equipment’s modularity offers us the advantage that it can be adapted to different mission profiles, such as winch rescue or special inten-sive care transport,” explains Dr. Krystian Pracz, CEO of DRF Luftrettung.
Adapted to the requirements of crews and patients
The new carrying system boasts innovative features which relieve the crews and benefit the patient. For instance, the stretcher is optimised for the transfer processes. If a patient has to be transferred to an ambulance stretcher on the way between helicopter and hospital, for example, this operation will be even gentler and safer in the future. The pressure on the crew is reduced, as medical devices can also be safely carried along. Furthermore, the newly developed head of the helicopter stretcher allows power-assisted adjustment and thus even better patient care. Last but not least, the entire stretcher ensures even greater user safety – particularly during the helicopters’ take-off and landing phases and also during missions with patients on the ground.
The stretcher was initially developed for helicopter type H135 and then modified for type H145 (on wheel drive system). Thanks to this standardisation, crews only need to adjust to one system for differ-ent helicopter models. It was possible to maintain the stretcher’s load-carrying capacity of up to 250 kg in the modification for helicopter type H145.
In the future: Independent installation
As the first user, DRF Luftrettung has already introduced the stretchers at several HEMS bases: The new configurations are already in service in Halle (H135/H145), Friedrichshafen (H135) and Freiburg (H145). From now on, all new helicopters will be equipped to accommodate the new HEMS kits. In the future, DRF Luftrettung plans to independently install the HEMS kits in its helicopters at its hangar at the Operation Centre located at the Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden airport, and will also be able to offer this ser-vice to external customers. The necessary training courses by Bucher Leichtbau for the engineers of DRF Luftrettung are currently being planned.
“We are very pleased that our offer has been so well received and that we can continue our successful collaboration with DRF Luftrettung. Having such an experienced air rescue organisation by our side means great added value for us,” emphasises Beat Burlet, CEO of Bucher Leichtbau.
Dear Valued Business Partners,
The coronavirus is challenging us all in our professional and personal environments. The World Health Organization WHO has raised the threat level of the virus to its highest and local governments have implemented drastic measures to reduce further spread. These measures require extraordinary behavior and new ways of dealing with our day-to-day lives.
At Bucher, we are actively monitoring the developments. The health and wellbeing of our employees, and their families, remains our top priority. We have implemented numerous health and safety measures for our workforce. This includes travel restrictions, self-quarantine procedures, employee social distancing, remote and flexible work schedules, and continuous and comprehensive cleaning and disinfecting of our manufacturing facilities and offices.
With these measures in place, we are maintaining our operations including all services and deliveries. We will do everything in our power to ensure our services continue to be provided carefully and reliably at all times. We encourage you as well to support us by providing timely information about necessary postponements or even cancellations, so we can properly adjust our production planning.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We wish you and your families all the best – and most importantly, stay healthy.
Yours sincerely,
Bucher Leichtbau AG
Beat Burlet
CEO
We will be proudly presenting our newest multi-mission helicopter equipment – for the first time in the international market and exclusively in the United States.
Is your helicopter not working at full capacity? Do you want to carry out Search & Rescue, Military or Fire Brigade missions in the morning and VIP transports in the afternoon? Everything is possible with our newest innovation – the H135 AC67 flex.
Our presentation will give visitors fascinating first-hand information of the highly modular and customizable equipment that offers maximum flexibility for every operation. Depending on individual mission profiles, clients can choose between several mission configurations according to their needs and requirements.
Modular HEMS Stretcher System
We have further expanded our Stretcher system and can now offer our customers a completely modular solution on different configurations regardless of which loading device the customer uses. It can be installed in our AC70 HEMS equipment for the H145 or in the AC67 for the H135 as well as in the new AC67 flex equipment.
Modular Equipment Options
Learn more about Bucher’s modular equipment options! Our products have been designed to be used interchangeably and, as such, it is possible to use various elements of the AC67 HEMS equipment in a H145 or elements of the AC70 in a H135. One example is the multifunctional Center Cabinet with optional cabin heating and/or hot compartment for infusion bottles, storage compartments and a wide range of standard interface mounts for medical devices, which is included in the new HEMS kit AC67.
This interchangeability allows you to configure the equipment for any application with maximum flexibility, modular and individually adapted to the customer. Accordingly the weight of the helicopter can be reduced depending on the application.
Our 1:8 scale model, offers visitors the opportunity to get to know our modular equipment first hand. Visitors can take a closer look at a H145 equipped with the Bucher AC70 HEMS equipment and at a H135 equipped with the Bucher AC67 equipment during our digital presentations.
If you want to expand your business, visit us at our booth Hall B, Booth #2531 and experience outstanding Swiss hospitality as well as our proven lightweight and ergonomic design – you will not want to miss this!
We look forward to meeting you at HAI Heli Expo!
Customized products based on a high-quality standard, are the results of close and fruitful cooperation between the Bucher and Garuda Indonesia team.
The focus was on the arrangement of the inserts, including large 48-meal-ovens while optimizing work table space for the crew.
Commenting on the news, Beat Burlet, CEO of Bucher Group:
“I am delighted that Bucher had been selected to supply galleys and stowages to Garuda’s state-of-the-art fleet of 14 A330neo aircraft. The news is a testament to the quality products and service that Bucher is renowned for, and marks the start of our working relationship together. We are excited to see the finished product take to the skies.”
Quality is a key factor at Bucher. This can be attributed to the founder of the company, Heinrich Bucher, who was driven by the idea of producing lightweight and reliable galleys made out of aluminum. Bucher has continued to refine and optimize this unique lightweight construction concept. However, Bucher nowadays also offers composite and carbon fiber solutions, so the company remains flexible and can adapt its products to meet individual customer requirements.
At this year’s Aircraft Interiors expo in Hamburg, Bucher Leichtbau and Satair together signed a contract to supply galley spare parts. This agreement marks a first between the two companies.
„With this agreement, we want to give our customers the opportunity to benefit from Satair’s regional inventory and worldwide support. Bucher’s Terms and Conditions will remain the same. The goal of this partnership is to provide regional solutions and support to reduce lead times and further improve our award-winning customer service level”, states Beat Burlet, CEO of Bucher Leichtbau AG.
From this partnership our customers will only benefit. With the combined experience of the two companies in the aviation industry, the aim is to offer airlines even more added value. Explore these additional benefits and services by clicking here.
