Helicopter shipments up for Q1
Helicopter shipments are back up for the first quarter of 2018 after last year’s deliveries slump. The number of helicopters sent for delivery so far this year is the highest since 2014, reaching 219...
Category: Deliveries
Leonardo helicopter fleet grows in Rwanda with delivery of two AW119Kx
Rome, 28 February 2018 – Leonardo announced today the delivery of two AW119Kx single engine helicopters to Akagera Aviation of Rwanda. The aircraft feature a customized convertible configuration for passenger transport or emergency medical...
Bell 505 enters Asia Pacific market
Bell has delivered the first two of its Bell 505 Jet Ranger Xs into the Asia Pacific market. Helicopter charter and touring company Nautilus Aviation has taken delivery of the two super-medium helicopters in...
Airbus delivers H125 to TransCanada
Airbus has delivered an H125 to Toronto energy firm TransCanada PipeLines. TransCanada PipeLines builds and maintains a 91,500 km network of gas pipelines, which supplies more than 25% of the natural gas used across...
Sikorsky delivers two S-70i Black Hawks to L.A. County
Pictured: Jeanette Eaton, regional sales director for North America, and Bill Gostic, vice president of Sikorsky, preseting a plaque to members of the L.A. County Fire Department. Sikorsky has delivered two S-70i Black Hawks to...
Milestone supports Heligo Charters in India
Milestone Aviation Group has delivered a Leonardo AW139 to Heligo Charters in India. The delivery marks the fifth helicopter leased to Heligo in 2017, increasing the Mumbai-based operator’s fleet and enabling expansion of both...
PhilJets takes delivery of first Bell 407GX
PhilJets has announced the arrival of a new Bell 407GX to its fleet. It is the eighth aircraft for the group, and is the only 407GX currently available for charter in the Philippines. PhilJets...
Bell delivers aircraft to Eagle Copters South America
Bell Helicopters has delivered two Bell 505 Jet Ranger Xs to Eagle Copters South America. The aircraft will be used for corporate transportation. Company officials of the Santiago-based firm see growth for the Bell...
Norsk Luftambulanse takes delivery of first civil Helionix H135
Norwegian air ambulance operator Norsk Luftambulanse AS (NOLAS) has taken delivery of the first civilian Helionix avionics equipped Airbus Helicopters H135. This first civilian delivery comes nine months after the first military delivery to...
GAMA: Deliveries up, market “stabilising”
Helicopter deliveries are stabilising, with shipments up a substantial 16.8% over the same period last year, according to the latest figures. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has reported that $1.9 billion worth of...