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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...
Jeremy Akel has been appointed as the executive vice president of commercial aviation at Milestone after leaving Bristow in 2016. Mr Akel will take up the new position on 2 July 2018 and will...
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...
Tracy Biegler will be stepping down as CEO and president of Michigan design and manufacturing firm Enstrom Helicopter – with Matthew Francour succeeding him as interim CEO. Mr Biegler will be leaving the company...
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...
Tim Shattock is putting the world of rotary aviation behind him, leaving global helicopter operator Babcock to assume the role of managing director at the Heathrow-based airline bmi. Mr Shattock left the Cheltenham helicopter...
eVtol start-up Lilium has hired famed car designer, Frank Stephenson, as its new head of product design. This is Mr Stephenson’s first foray into the world of aviation, having spent much of his professional...
If any single helicopter manufacturer has turned the drop off in oil and gas missions into a positive, that one is Sikorsky. The manufacturer has weathered the oil-and-gas downturn, but instead of moving away...
At every industry event these past few years, people have talked about diversification. Outside of the biggest operators, who have a secure foothold in the market, operators are looking outside of oil and gas...
CHC Group has appointed Imran Hayat to act as general counsel. The Group’s board confirmed that Mr Hayat will be assuming the role permanently after a he took up the position of acting general...
Following the closing of a $75 million facility with CaixaBank announced last week, helicopter […]
Helicopter operator NHV Group has expanded its executive board with the appointment of Thomas […]
In the midst a down market where consolidation and oversupply are the main words […]
Last week, the biggest players in Russian commerce met for the St. Petersburg […]
Bristow announced this week that it has signed a new debtor-in-possession (DIP) commitment to […]
Amidst its current Chapter 11 proceedings, Bristow Group has embodied the ‘business as usual’ […]
Helicopter operator CHC has secured a new offshore contract to provide helicopter transport for […]
Following Uber’s entry into the helicopter air taxi market with its launch of Uber […]
Matt Zuccaro is stepping down as the president and CEO of Helicopter Association International […]
After months of delays in filing its final 10-Q and 10-K reports due to […]