Westair Helicopters confirms offshore deal in Nambianews Mike Stones 8 Apr 24 0Offshore helicopter operator and maintenance firm Westair Helicopters has confirmed to Helicopter Investor it has signed a seven-year leasing agreement with MHS Aviation, subsidiary of… Read more
HAI reports: Leonardo confirms orders and agreements for about 180 helisnews Mike Stones 28 Feb 24 0Leonardo Helicopters has confirmed orders and agreements for about 180 aircraft at HAI Heli-Expo in Anaheim, California. Topping its show order book are 130 helicopters… Read more
LCI signs framework agreement for up to 21 Leonardosnews Mike Stones 22 Feb 24 0Operating lessor LCI has signed a framework agreement for up to 21 new Leonardo helicopters. The prospective deal includes 10 firm orders plus options on… Read more
Leonardo boosts AW169’s gross weight to 5,100kg and adds 11-seater confignews Mike Stones 31 Oct 23 0Leonardo Helicopters has lifted the gross weight capability of its AW169 fitted with skid landing gear to 5,100kg. It is also offering an 11-seat version… Read more
US EMS operator Life Link III grows its fleet of helicopters to 14 aircraftnews Terry Spruce 5 Nov 20 0Rome – 5 November 2020 – Leonardo announces that Life Link III, an EMS operator in Minnesota and Wisconsin in the United States, has signed… Read more
Leonardo delivers its 100th AW169 and grows EMS fleet in UKnews Terry Spruce 30 Dec 19 0Rome, 27 December 2019 – Leonardo delivered its 100th AW169, setting a major milestone since its EASA Certification in the summer of 2015 for the… Read more
Dubai Air Show 2019 – Helicopter order round upnews Alasdair Whyte 21 Nov 19 0Whilst commercial aviation orders might have been the talk of the town at the Dubai Air Show this week, several helicopter orders were also announced… Read more
Pre-owned helicopter market remains difficult, but with some positive signsnews Alasdair Whyte 16 Oct 19 0It’s not altogether clear whether the market log-jam for pre-owned helicopters is loosening up. However, there may be some odd signs judging from Aero Asset’s… Read more
Helicopters are at highest risk from consumer dronesnews Alasdair Whyte 14 Oct 19 0Consumer drones are a severe risk for helicopters – according to a recent report from the UK Government. The UK’s House of Commons Science and… Read more
Mitsui Bussan Aerospace of Japan signs four helicopter contractnews Terry Spruce 5 Dec 18 0Leonardo and Mitsui Bussan Aerospace, the official distributor in Japan for the AW169, AW139 and AW189 helicopter models, recently announced a contract for four additional… Read more
Waypoint leases three AW169s to Taiwannews Alasdair Whyte 24 Jul 18 0Waypoint Leasing has delivered three new AW169s on lease to Taiwanese operator Emerald Pacific Airlines. This delivery represents the first time that Waypoint has delivered… Read more
Two new orders for Leonardo at Farnboroughnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Jul 18 0Leonardo announced two orders at this year’s Farnborough Air Show, signing contracts for one AW109 with a mining firm and an AW169 with an emergency… Read more
LCI delivers third AW169 to Elitaliananews Alasdair Whyte 10 Jul 18 0Less than a week after delivering an AW139 to China’s Shanghai Kingwing Aviation, Lease Corporation International has delivered a Leonardo AW169 to Italian operator Elitaliana.… Read more
Babcock launches first nordic EMS AW169news Alasdair Whyte 18 Jan 18 0Babcock subsidiary Scandinavian Air Ambulance is operating the first EMS-configured AgustaWestland AW169 in the Nordic region. It is flying the helicopter on behalf of Swedish… Read more
Falcon and Leonardo sign three AW169 order with KOCnews Alasdair Whyte 17 Jan 18 0Falcon Aviation and Leonardo will place three new Leonardo AW169 helicopters on oil and gas operations with the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). The five-year contract,… Read more
Falcon Aviation adds three Leonardo AW169s to helicopter fleetnews Terry Spruce 14 Nov 17 0Falcon Aviation has ordered three additional new Leonardo AW169 helicopters, in readiness for a significant new offshore contract from early 2018. The new aircraft will… Read more
Falcon Aviation adds three more AW168s to its fleetnews Alasdair Whyte 13 Nov 17 0Abu-Dhabi based aviation services company Falcon Aviation has ratified an order for three new Leonardo AgustaWestland AW169s to support a new unannounced offshore contract starting… Read more
Leonardo adds firefighting helicopters to Japannews Terry Spruce 18 Oct 17 0Leonardo has grown its market share in the Japanese helicopter market by securing orders for AW169, AW139 and AW189 helicopters in firefighting configuration. Leonardo and… Read more
Leonardo sells three AW169s to STAR Flightnews Terry Spruce 17 Oct 17 0Leonardo has signed a contract for three AW169 helicopters for its STAR Flight programme in Travis County, Texas, as the county-based EMS upgrades its fleet.… Read more
Milestone leases two AW169s to Alidaunia for HEMSnews Terry Spruce 10 Oct 17 0Milestone Aviation Group has entered into an agreement to lease two AW169 helicopters to Alidaunia of Italy, to support its emergency medical services (HEMS) in… Read more