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Brisbane, Australia, 10 December 2025 – Airbus has secured the first order for its H160 helicopter in Australia, with Australia’s privately-owned logistics and supply chain enterprise, Linfox, placing the purchase. The new aircraft, which will be used for passenger transportation missions across Australia, marks Linfox’s first purchase with Airbus. 

The order follows a four-week demonstration tour in Australia, during which the H160 performed over 60 flights and flew more than 2,000 kilometres across the country. This successful demo tour and subsequent order underscore the aircraft’s suitability for diverse Australian operational environments and the growing demand for the next generation of rotary-wing aircraft in the region.

“We’re excited to take delivery of the Airbus H160. It is our first aircraft with Airbus and we look forward to a long relationship with such a trusted company that has a proven record of performance, safety and reliability,” said Lindsay Fox, Founder, Linfox Group of Companies.

“We’re truly honoured by Linfox’s endorsement of the H160’s capabilities and delighted to welcome Linfox as a new Airbus Helicopters customer,” said Olivier Michalon, Executive Vice President of Global Business at Airbus Helicopters. “This first order marks an important milestone for Airbus in Australia. We look forward to seeing the H160 take flight in the country soon, delivering exceptional value, enhanced safety and efficiency to private and business missions as well as all the other missions it was designed to excel in, such as EMS, law enforcement, and other public services.” 

The multi-mission H160 continues to gain momentum across the globe, supporting a wide range of missions from emergency medical services and rescue missions, to private travel and offshore operations.

The H160 is one of the world’s most technologically advanced helicopters, designed and built to deliver the highest levels of operational safety while providing unmatched comfort for rotorcraft in its class. Equipped with the Helionix avionics suite, the H160 offers intuitive flight controls, enhanced situational awareness and reduced pilot workload.

Beyond cabin ergonomics, the H160’s design reduces environmental and community impact while boosting mission performance. Its innovative Blue Edge main rotor blades and canted Fenestron tail rotor cut perceived sound by up to 50% compared to conventional designs. 

Optimised with Safran Arrano engines, the H160 delivers 18% reduction in fuel burn. It is also certified to fly with a 50% blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). With a reduced maintenance footprint and streamlined support architecture, the aircraft delivers exceptional availability and cost-efficiency for operators across sectors. 

Designed to meet the demands of diverse and high-stakes missions, the H160 excels in environments where reliability and adaptability are paramount. Its expansive cabin, unobstructed visibility, and swift reconfiguration capabilities position it as a standout choice for multi-role operations. 

The H160 has entered into service in Brazil, Canada, China, France, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, U.K., U.S. and many other European countries.

 

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By Britney Nguyen

Some analysts see ample opportunity now that the U.S. plans to allow chip sales to China again, but others worry about further geopolitical roadblocks

President Donald Trump, seen at the White House with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on April 30, said Monday that he will allow Nvidia to sell its H200 chips to some customers in China.

After months of twists and turns, Nvidia may be able to start selling its chips in China again, but the market is shrugging off the news.

Some analysts see billions of dollars’ worth of opportunity every quarter if all goes according to plan, but others on Wall Street are less certain about whether the company will be able to capture meaningful China business in a fraught geopolitical landscape.

Nvidia’s stock (NVDA) slipped 0.3% on Tuesday despite a social-media post from President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon in which he said he would allow shipments of the company’s H200 chip to China, provided that Nvidia gives the U.S. government a 25% cut of sales.

While China has its own budding chip companies, those might only be able to serve about 20% of the country’s total market for chips, while Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and other global chip makers would need to supply the remaining 80%, UBS analyst Timothy Arcuri wrote in a note to clients.

That means that upon receiving government approval, Nvidia “may return to shipping” between $5 billion and $10 billion of its chips per quarter, Arcuri said.

China was once a hot topic for Nvidia investors and a driver of meaningful stock moves. But Tuesday’s muted share-price action suggests to Arcuri that “many investors view this as a less important catalyst” than the debate over how Nvidia’s graphics processing units will fare as custom chips from rivals catch on.

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TD Cowen analyst Joshua Buchalter said that while allowing H200 sales is “clearly a tailwind,” he is “skeptical” that investors will give much weight to China revenue for Nvidia after the back-and-forth decision-making by the Trump administration.

There’s also the concern that the Chinese government and local companies will not want to buy older generations of chips, Buchalter said.

The Financial Times reported on Tuesday that the Chinese government is looking to limit access to H200 chips as the country aims to build up a self-reliant chip industry.

Chinese regulators could require buyers to go through an approval process that includes submitting purchasing requests outlining why homegrown chips are not sufficient, the Financial Times reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.

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TD Cowen technology, media and telecommunications policy analyst Paul Gallant said that the H200 chips “may not be available to companies with Chinese [government] investments but will be available to other significant buyers.” Given that Trump said that he discussed the sales with Chinese President Xi Jinping, it could be that “both countries are on the same page regarding Chinese buyers of H200s,” Gallant said in a Monday note.

While he was surprised about the 25% U.S. government cut due to “real legal uncertainties around it,” Gallant said he sees Trump’s approval “as driven far more by geopolitical considerations,” since Nvidia and other U.S. tech companies make up much of global [artificial-intelligence] infrastructure. Therefore, he wrote, “we don’t view Nvidia’s new H200 licenses as at risk of withdrawal should the [government’s] 25% cut be deemed invalid at some future date.”

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The H200 has been used by companies such as OpenAI and Meta Platforms for training advanced AI models and is a more advanced version of the reduced-capability H20 chips Nvidia designed to comply with existing export controls. However, the H200 is a generation behind the Blackwell chips that Nvidia is currently rolling out to customers and will be two generations behind the upcoming Rubin platform.

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Nvidia said during its earning call in August that some of its China-based customers had received licenses to receive H20 shipments again but that it had not shipped any. The H20 and AMD’s MI308, which was also specially designed for China, were banned for sale to the country by the Trump administration in April. Trump later reversed the decision and said he wanted a 15% cut of the revenue for the U.S. government.

-Britney Nguyen

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