Offshore helicopter orders and new EMS contract feature in recent headlinesnews Mike Stones 10 Apr 26 0A new order for offshore H225s in Vietnam, a fresh EMS contract in the Canary Islands plus much more feature in our round up of… Read more
Bell 505 claims new sales record in Latin America, says OEMnews Mike Stones 9 Apr 26 0Bell Textron claims its Bell 505 has achieved record aircraft orders in Latin America last year. Without specifying regional sales, the manufacturer confirmed there are… Read more
Bell Textron posts $4.3bn revenue in 2025news Fayaz Hussain 4 Mar 26 0Bell Textron has announced full-year 2025 revenue of $4.28bn, up 20% year-over-year from $3.57bn in the same period of last year. Driving growth was an… Read more
Bell 505 logs over 700 hours fuelled by blended SAFnews Mike Stones 26 Nov 25 0Bell Textron has revealed one of its Bell 505 single-engine helicopters has logged more than 700 flight hours fuelled by blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)… Read more
Columbus Police adds two Bell 505s to its fleetnews Terry Spruce 25 Aug 25 0Bell Helicopters has revealed Columbus Department of Public Safety has signed a purchase agreement for two Bell 505s. The new helicopters will modernise the department’s… Read more
ER News: Bell marks 100th Bell 505 European salenews Mike Stones 6 Nov 24 0Bell has signed a signed purchase agreement for the 100th Bell 505 in Europe to be delivered to private operator, Adam Fawsitt. The sale is… Read more
Bell names JGAS as authorised reseller in Japannews Mike Stones 18 Oct 24 0Bell Textron has appointed Japan General Aviation Service (JGAS) as the new Bell 505 authorised reseller in Japan. This appointment is designed to continue the… Read more
Bell sells five Bell 505s to private European operatorsnews Mike Stones 26 Jul 24 0Bell has signed purchase agreements for five Bell 505 helicopters to private operators across Europe. The orders were placed by clients in Spain, Switzerland, Poland,… Read more
Bell marks delivery of 505th Bell 505 helicopternews Mike Stones 21 Nov 23 0Bell Textron has made the 505th delivery of its Bell 505 helicopter to North America-based operator, Austin Claborn. Configured for corporate transport, the operator recently took… Read more
Bell delivers 400th 505 to nutrition entrepreneur Al Barrattnews 4 Aug 22 0Bell has delivered its 400th Bell 505 to Al Barratt the founder of sports nutrition company Grenade. Barratt took delivery of the helicopter at at… Read more
Bell signs seven 505 purchase agreements with European customersnews Mike Stones 5 Jul 22 0Bell Textron has signed purchase agreements for seven Bell 505 helicopters with European customers. Two of the purchase agreements were signed by JB Investments, Poland’s… Read more
HI Uplift: Bell 505 beats 100,000 flight hoursinsight Mike Stones 28 Feb 22 0Notching up more than 100,000 activities in any pursuit is an impressive achievement. In some cases, it is vital for life. For example, this fist-sized… Read more
Bell clinches Bell 505 sale to SECO Internationalnews Mike Stones 12 Jan 22 0Bell Textron has signed a purchase agreement for a Bell 505 helicopter with SECO International, which has been appointed the first dealer in Japan for… Read more
Bell delivers first Bell 505 helicopter to Ethiopianews Mike Stones 13 Jul 21 0Bell Textron has made the first delivery of its Bell 505 helicopter to a corporate customer based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The delivery to WA… Read more
Bell delivers 60th Bell 505 helicopter in Europenews Alasdair Whyte 21 Apr 21 0Bell Textron announced the delivery of its 60th Bell 505 helicopter in Europe. Delivery was taken by the Montenegro Air Force. Patrick Moulay, senior vice… Read more
Alameda County Sheriff takes delivery of first public safety configured Bell 505 helicopternews Terry Spruce 27 Aug 20 0Fort Worth, TX – 27 August 2020 – Bell Textron has announced the delivery of the first Bell manufactured public safety configured Bell 505 Jet… Read more
Bell 505 receives Type Acceptance in Tanzanianews Terry Spruce 27 Jul 20 0Fort Worth, TX – 27 July 2020 – Bell Textron announced the Bell 505 has been accepted by the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) for… Read more
First Bell 505 delivered to Mexiconews Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 18 0Bell has delivered its first 505 Jet Ranger to Mexico. The new helicopter will be operated by tour agency Redwings (Helitour) to support tourism and… Read more
Dart certifies Bell 505 Bearpawsnews Alasdair Whyte 16 Mar 18 0DART Aerospace has recently announced Transport Canada certification of its Bell 505 Bearpaws. By far the lightest option available on the market for the 505… Read more
Bell to display three helicopters at LABACE 2016news Terry Spruce 2 Sep 16 0Bell Helicopter is showcasing three helicopters at this year’s LABACE 2016 show in Brazil. The static display will feature the Bell 429 MAGnificient, the Bell… Read more
