The Vertical Flight Expo – previously known as HeliTech International – has been acquired by PRYSM Group from Reed Exhibitions. This comes just a year after the annual European helicopter market trade show was...
Gama Aviation, the charter and management company probably best known for its business jet services, has invested £20m into launching a helicopter air ambulance arm to ‘disrupt the duopoly’ of the UK’s helicopter emergency...
Bristow and ERA are merging to form a dominant offshore operator, creating a safe and financially strong player with a presence in established and emerging offshore markets, ERA President and CEO Chris Bradshaw told...
Reports of the death of the offshore oil and gas market – and the helicopter fleet that serves it – are exaggerated, according to speakers at Helicopter Investor’s London 2020 Conference. While there is...
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could provide a cheaper and safer alternative to helicopters on some firefighting and SAR missions, according to speakers at Helicopter Investor London 2020 this week. Of the big-four helicopter OEMs,...
Cautious optimism summed up the mood on the first day of Helicopter Investor’s London 2020 conference. While speakers acknowledged the sector was still grappling with what one termed “the hangover of oversupply,” there was...
Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kansas-based aerostructures manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems to mass produce ASX’s MOBi-One aircraft concept. Jon Rimanelli, CEO and co-founder of ASX told Helicopter Investor:...
Following a partnership with Asian super app Grab earlier this week, Volocopter announced today (21 February) that it is extending its Series C financing round to €87 million. The funding round – led by...
At the turn of the millennia, the helicopter leasing market did not exist. But across the aisle, commercial aircraft leasing was booming, with almost half of all commercial aircraft flying being owned by and/or...
German eVTOL pioneer Volocopter has partnered with Southeast Asian delivery, payment, and delivery services app Grab to study the feasibility of air-taxi services across the region. The two companies will work together to determine...
