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Spanish Government Awards Avincis Contract for Maritime Aerial Search and Rescue Services for Another Five Years


Avincis was recently awarded a five-year contract by the public entity responsible for maritime search and rescue services in Spain, the Maritime Safety and Rescue Society (SASEMAR). The contract is valued at 305 million euros.


This contract solidifies Avincis’s position in providing search and rescue (SAR) services in a region where it has delivered uninterrupted SAR support for the past 30 years. It ensures that Avincis’s highly experienced professionals will continue to carry out SAR missions assigned by Salvamento Marítimo from their 11 helicopter bases and along Spain’s 7,905 kilometers (4,912 miles) of coastline. As part of its contractual commitment, Avincis operates helicopters 24/7 every day of the year, while maintaining the highest standards of quality and safety.


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Avincis has been providing these continuous services since first winning the public tender in 1993 when the first contract was signed between the two entities. Over this period, Avincis has flown over 100,000 hours, completed approximately 16,000 missions, and rescued or evacuated more than 8,500 people.


John Boag, Group CEO of Avincis, said, “SASEMAR is one of our longest-standing and most respected clients, and we are very pleased to have been awarded the latest tender for the helicopters providing part of their aerial service. We have delivered maritime search and rescue services in Spain for the past three decades. Our highly experienced and well trained crews will continue to be there whenever needed over the next five years.”


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