Waypoint sale approved
A New York bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of Waypoint Leasing’s assets – including most of its helicopters – to Macquarie Group and some of its secured lenders. Macquarie will receive most of...
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Sikorsky eyes urban air mobility with Blade deal
Sikorsky’s New York based charter subsidiary AAG has struck a deal with helicopter-booking platform Blade to provide and operate an S76C+ on Blade’s service. Many of Sikorsky’s contemporaries – including Bell and Airbus –...
Bristow announces late Q3 results, cancels Columbia deal and announces CEO’s retirement on same day
Long considered a star of the offshore helicopter market until oil prices collapsed in August 2016, Bristow Group announced on 11 February the late filing of its Q3 results due to financial reporting concerns,...
The drone issue: A Q&A with Ben Marcus
Ever since the drone sighting that halted flights at Gatwick airport, drones have had a hard time staying out of the news spotlight. Over Christmas, Gatwick flights were disrupted for almost two-days due to...
Babcock appoints new director of offshore business
Offshore helicopter services provider Babcock has appointed Simon Meakins as director of its UK offshore helicopter business. Babcock provides crew change and search and rescue services to offshore oil and gas platforms. Meakins trained...
Airbus Helicopters appoints new head of industry
Airbus Helicopters has announced a shift in executive management – appointing Alain Flourens head of Industry for Airbus Helicopters, replacing Christian Cornille. Flourens is currently the head of engineering and his new position will...
Helicopter Investor London 2019 Live
Welcome to the Helicopter Investor 2019 Live Blog. You can check here for up-to-date coverage of the conference held at the Landmark Hotel on Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31 January.
Airbus nets more orders, delivers fewer helicopters
Airbus Helicopters saw increased orders in 2018 but delivered fewer aircraft year-on-year. The French manufacturer secured 381 civil and military helicopter net-orders last year – up from 335 orders in 2017. Whilst the rise...
Talking to Beta Technologies’ Kyle Clark
Last week, a video surfaced of an odd-looking aircraft taking off from a snowy airfield in Vermont. On first appearances, the aircraft looks like a standard 4 seat general aviation aircraft, but this one...
AeroMobil takes the next step towards production
Slovakian flying-car manufacturer AeroMobil is seeking airworthiness approval for its AeroMobil 4.0 VTOL from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). AeroMobil has submitted the application for type certification to EASA. Unlike many other VTOL...
Maiden flight for Airbus Helicopters new H160.
The first serial-production H160 performed a flight demonstration at the Airbus Helicopters base in Marignane yesterday (17 December) after a seven-year development process. Three previous prototype aircraft have already accumulated more than 1,000 flight...
