In September 2023, a $90 million deal was announced for the acquisition of 5 second-hand AS332 Super Puma helicopters. These helicopters will undergo refurbishment by Airbus before delivery.
First two helicopter, AEE-470 and AEE-471 delivered on June 2, 2025
03-Jun-25 - Ecuador Army Aviation received the first 2 of 5 refurbished Airbus H225M helicopters, boosting rapid response, border control, and humanitarian missions. The Army has operated Puma and Super Puma variants since the 1980s #Ecuador
G-NNCY: CHC Scotia Oct10-May11 VH-WEV: LLoyd Australia May11-2016? - M-ABJO: Parilease SAS at Paris, France from Dec16;
stored in Fr... YR-1ZF: Airbus Romania, reser YR-ZZF YR-ZZF: Ukraine ntu F-WMXP: ex YR-ZZF; due to be delivered to Ejercito Ecuatoriano ... noted at Marseille, for Ecuador pictured ?: ntu
F-WWOY: Eurocopter France;
Apr09 at Portugal with SonAir;
2011 ... G-CMJK: CHC Scotia jan-May 2011 VH-WEX: Lloyd Helicopters May11-2016? - M-ABJP: Parilease SAS at Paris, France from Dec16;
stored in Fr... YR-1ZH: Airbus Romania, reserial YR-ZZH YR-ZZH: Ukraine ntu ?: ntu
C-GMJI: CHC Oct10-Feb12, test serial F-WWOK PR-BGK: BHS from 2012-2015? Feb15 at Montreal, QC, Canada, rtn chc? - M-ABKH: Parilease SAS at Paris, France from Dec16;
stored in Fr... YR-1ZD: Airbus Romania, reser YR-ZZD YR-ZZD: Ukraine ntu ?: ntu F-WMXQ: France, for Ecuador