Teterboro, N.J.-based American International Group has ordered
a Bell/Agusta AB139 light utility helicopter. The deal was concluded
here at NBAA with a signing between Bell/Agusta managing director
Louis Bartolotta Jr. and AIG's director of aviation Franklin Davis.
The AB139 was developed jointly by Italy's Agusta and Bell Helicopter
Textron, which will assemble helicopters destined for the North
American market at its Fort Worth, Texas, facilities. AIG's AB139
is slated for delivery in 2005. "The AIG sale is a prestigious
one for us," Bartolotta told Show News.
