Sikorsky has weathered the market downturn by sticking to what it knows best. The US helicopter manufacturer is firmly rooted in the oil-and-gas and military markets – the two biggest markets for helicopter usage....
The City Airbus VTOL concept The best-known company in urban aviation is Uber. Its Uber Elevate project has captured the imagination of many of the public – and also many reporters. But the company...
The world’s first hoverbike, Hoversurf’s Scorpion 3, did not have the smoothest of landings when it entered the industry at GITEX 2017, Dubai’s annual tech expo. The model came under instant scrutiny for its...
The year 2014 was clearly the top of the cycle, 2018 is now showing all the signs of being the turning point for offshore helicopters. It is clearly a year when the market is being...
It was an honour to be at the final Helitech International last week. Next year, Europe’s largest helicopter expo which has been running since 2009, will be rebranded as the Vertical Flight Expo and...
Many people might find it hard to feel sympathy for bankers. Especially after 2008. But as the credit crunch shows, no industry can survive without debt. The helicopter industry is about to discover this....
FLYT has made a name for itself in the helicopter industry in a short period of time. Having launched it’s digital helicopter booking platform in April, the service correlates price quotes and available flights...
Philip G Queffelec loves helicopters. That’s immediately apparent to anyone who talks to him. Whilst one of the company he chairs, Sparfell & Partners, sells both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft, he is himself a...
Luxaviation is among of the world’s largest VIP and VVIP aircraft-operating and servicing companies. It provides charter, sales, management to business jet customers around the world. In February 2016, the company setup a helicopter...
Waypoint, the world’s largest independent helicopter lessor, recently celebrated its five-year anniversary, having weathered one of the worst downturns in the history of the helicopter market and come out the other side with an...
Two of the largest operators in the offshore helicopter market, Bristow and ERA Helicopters […]
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A new collaborative conference by the European Helicopter Association (EHA) and the European Aviation […]
Last year, 2019, might not have been as eventful a year as 2018 for […]
It has not been such a bad few years for helicopter leasing after […]
Marignane, 17 January 2020 – Laurence Petiard has been appointed Head of External Communications […]
Matt Zuccaro has stepped down as CEO and president of the world’s largest helicopter […]
eVTOL manufacturer Joby Aviation has raised $590m in a Series C venture round led […]
Leonardo’s TH-119 has been selected as the US Navy’s new training helicopter – beating […]
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