Airbus AS332 L1e VIP Super Puma

The Airbus Helicopters H215 (formerly Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma), which is among the most expensive helicopters, is a four-bladed, twin-engine medium-size utility helicopter developed and marketed by Aérospatiale, Eurocopter, and now Airbus Helicopters. It is a reengineered and larger version of the original Aérospatiale SA 330 Puma. The Super Puma, which first flew in 1978, replaced the SA 330 Puma as the type's main production model in 1980. Since 1990, Super Pumas in military service have been marketed as AS532 Cougars. In civilian service, the Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma, a larger version of the AS 332, was introduced in 2004.

A navalized variant of the Super Puma has also been produced for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare missions. The Super Puma is outfitted with additional corrosion protection, a folding tail rotor boom, a deck-landing guidance system, sonar equipment, and the nose-mounted Omera search radar in this configuration. It can be armed with two Exocet anti-ship missiles for anti-surface warfare.

Price: $15.5 million