HI Uplift: Pulling it out of the fire
Wildfires burned in 19 European countries this summer. The only continent on Earth to escape them in 2022, so far, is Antarctica. Yet their impact is being felt even there. A hole in the...
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Sloane takes second Children’s Air Ambulance AW169 from Milestone
Milestone Aviation Group has delivered a second new AW169 helicopter Sloane Helicopters. Sloane is operating the aircraft for The Children’s Air Ambulance UK. The first was delivered in December 2021. The Children’s Air Ambulance specialises in...
CHC forced to sell Babcock offshore
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told CHC to sell the UK parts of the Babcock offshore business it acquired last year. The CMA felt that oil companies benefitted from having four...
CHC, Milestone start 12-year fire and emergency contract in Western Australia
CHC Helicopter has won a new 12-year contract with Western Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES). It will provide 24 hour emergency helicopter services with three AW139s. Milestone is leasing the three...
Ultimate HELI supports discovery of The Endurance
Ultimate HELI, the South African operator, was a key part of the team that found The Endurance, the lost vessel of Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton. The ship sank in 1915 and was under 3km...
Milestone delivers H145 to Ecocopter Ecuador
Milestone has delivered an Airbus H145 helicopter to Ecocopter Ecuador. Ecocopter now has three H145s but this is the first H145 to be based in the Ecuador. “The H145 is a versatile aircraft that...
Omni Helicopters signs 11 helicopter sale and leaseback with Milestone
Omni Helicopters International has agreed sale and leasebacks on 11 helicopters with Milestone Aviation. The leases cover a mixture of new Leonardo AW139s and existing Sikorsky S92s. “Omni was Milestone’s very first customer and...
Milestone delivers final AW139 in 26-helicopter Aramco deal
Milestone Aviation Group has delivered the last AW139 in its 21-helicopter leasing deal with Saudi Arabia’s Aramco Overseas. Aramco signed the lease deal in 2018 for 21 new AW139s and five new Airbus H145...
Year of the Tiger to test global helicopter industry
People born in the Chinese Year of the Tiger are “courageous and energetic, love a challenge or competition and are prepared to take risks,” according to the British Victoria and Albert Museum. Those are...
Milestone announces Purchase Leaseback with NHV for a AW169 helicopter
Milestone Aviation has signed a Purchase/Leaseback (PLB) arrangement for a AW169 helicopter with Belgian-based operator NHV Group. The AW169 helicopter delivered earlier this month will support missions in the UK for Italian oil and...