Petrobras Helicopter Tender Process Expected to Be Canceled

Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) (“Era”), a leading helicopter transport operator based in the United States, announced that Aeróleo Taxi Aero S/A, its Brazilian joint venture (“Aeroleo”), received notification today from Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (“Petrobras”) that Petrobras will cancel the ongoing tender process for heavy and medium helicopters.

In its notification, Petrobras noted its determination that it does not have a need to contract for additional helicopters after a review of its aviation needs in light of the ongoing challenges in the macroeconomic environment and continued low price of oil. As a result, Petrobras noticed cancelation of the pending awards for heavy and medium helicopters pursuant to the bids submitted in January 2015, including 4 EC225 heavy helicopters and 4 AW139 medium helicopters with respect to which Aeroleo was the identified low bidder. Aeroleo had been awaiting execution of the contracts in respect of the awards and targeting launch of the heavy helicopter services prior to the end of 2015 and the medium helicopter services during the first quarter of 2016.

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