The Federal Aviation Administration has issued new airworthiness standards for the troubled Airbus EC225LP ‘Super Puma’. The new airworthiness directive requires owners to: “Determine the total hours of time-in-service (TIS) of the free wheel...
Airbus Helicopters has said that it will provide its “full support” to the team from the Accident Investigation Board Norway that has been tasked with investigating the crash of one of its EC225 Super...
Leasing company Milestone has delivered a new Airbus H225 to Bond Offshore Helicopters, who will put it to work on the North Sea. The helicopter was one of 16 that Milestone contracted for in...
Bristow Helicopters has signed a contract with offshore service provider Petrofac to operate in the North Sea using both Sikorsky S92 and Airbus H225 aircraft. The deal was announced this week, but started in...
Lobo Leasing Limited has closed a five-year $225 million term loan credit facility. The facility, which has an accordion feature providing an option to increase the commitment to $325 million, was led by joint...
Airbus Helicopters is working alongside operators of its EC225 and EC725 aircraft to implement the final step of the retrofit solution of the worldwide EC225/EC725 fleet with the redesigned bevel gear vertical shaft, which...
Airbus Helicopters handed over an EC225 helicopter to Sonair, a subsidiary of the Sonangol Group of Angola, during a ceremony in France SonAir’s fleet of Airbus Helicopters includes 11 EC225s, four AS332 L2s and...
Airbus Helicopters booked 78 orders during a busy 2014 Heli-Expo show. Airbus Helicopters took-in 78 orders for its new product line at Heli-Expo 2014, including contracts for the EC175, EC145 T2 and the newly...
Milestone Aviation Group and SonAir of Angola have initiated long-term partnership for the operation of three EC225 helicopters. Milestone and SonAir, the largest African helicopter operator, announced at Heli-Expo 2014 that three of Milestone’s...
Airbus Helicopters Canada (formerly Eurocopter Canada) has announced that it will be adding a new production line at its Fort Erie helicopter facility, in order to produce engine cowlings for the EC225/EC725 helicopter. Romain...