NHV and TotalEnergies fly first Offshore Wind SAF flightnews Mike Stones 12 Oct 22 0The offshore wind industry has completed its first helicopter flight with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The flight was carried out by helicopter operator Noordzee Helikopters… Read more
Newsletter: ‘Dancing on the head of theoretical pins’insight Alasdair Whyte 23 Nov 21 0“This isn’t the time to be dancing on the head of theoretical pins, it’s a time to consolidate, to balance power between the oil majors… Read more
Newsletter: SAR takes off with Covid rule relaxationsinsight Alasdair Whyte 11 Aug 21 0Depending on where you are reading this, there might be reasons to revel in the easing of restrictions. Maybe you are on a summer holiday… Read more
Milestone announces Purchase Leaseback with NHV for a AW169 helicopternews Alasdair Whyte 16 Jul 21 0Milestone Aviation has signed a Purchase/Leaseback (PLB) arrangement for a AW169 helicopter with Belgian-based operator NHV Group. The AW169 helicopter delivered earlier this month will… Read more
Milestone leasing two five blade H145s to NHVnews Alasdair Whyte 22 Jan 21 0NHV Group is leasing two five-bladed H145s from Milestone Aviation. The aircraft are being used to support NHV’s contract with Germany’s Federal Armed Forces’ training… Read more
NHV’s H175 fleet exceeds 40,000 Flight Hoursnews Terry Spruce 16 Jul 20 0Ostend – 16 July 2020 – NHV Group announced that its H175 fleet surpassed its first 40,000 flight hours. This significant milestone proves this super-medium-sized… Read more
NHV extends offshore contract with Ithaca Energynews Terry Spruce 15 Jun 20 0Aberdeen – 15 June 2020 – NHV Group has announced it has signed a five-year contract extension with Ithaca Energy (UK) Limited, providing aviation services… Read more
Bracing for Brexit – NHV Group gains UK operating certificatenews Alasdair Whyte 31 Oct 19 0The protracted volatility of the oil and gas market has caused financial troubles for many helicopter operators in Europe. But Belgian operator NHV has weathered… Read more
NHV wins North Sea wind farm contractnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Sep 18 0NHV has signed a contract with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to fly helicopter transport missions to the Rentel Offshore Wind Farm in the Belgian North… Read more
NHV awarded offshore contract by Siemens Gamesanews Terry Spruce 10 Jul 18 0Aberdeen – July10th, 2018 – The NHV Group today announced a new contract with Siemens Gamesa to provide helicopter services in support of the construction… Read more
Seaway Heavy Lifting awards contract to NHVnews Terry Spruce 24 Feb 17 0The NHV Group has won a new contract to support the Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) wind farm construction project. The 588MW, 84 turbine wind farm,… Read more
NHV awarded North Sea offshore contract by Ithaca Energynews Terry Spruce 9 Feb 17 0The NHV Group has been awarded a new contract with Ithaca Energy UK to provide helicopter services in support of their upcoming drilling project at… Read more
Dominique Lafont joins NHV Group as executive chairmannews Terry Spruce 24 Jan 17 0NHV Group has appointed Dominique Lafont as executive chairman. Lafont joined the board in 2015 as an independent member. The change of governance is intended… Read more
NHV opens new hangar at Aberdeennews Terry Spruce 24 Oct 16 0NHV has opened a new hangar and passenger terminal at Aberdeen Airport. Construction works commenced in September 2015 and were completed in September 2016. The… Read more
NHV brings H225 to UK for demo flightsnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Apr 16 0NHV has brought an Airbus H225 in from Norway to Aberdeen for demonstration flights to potential customers. From its normal base at Kristiansund in Norway,… Read more
Heli-Expo – Airbus H175 global fleet reaches 3,000 hoursnews Alasdair Whyte 2 Mar 16 0The global Airbus H175 fleet has now achieved a total of 3,000 flying hours. One aircraft, delivered in December 2014, accounts for one third of… Read more
NHV opens new Aberdeen base with H175snews Terry Spruce 29 Dec 15 0NHV has opened a new base in Aberdeen and will operate two Airbus H175 helicopters reinforcing the fleet. Being present in Aberdeen is very important… Read more
NHV H175 logs 1,000 flight service hoursnews Terry Spruce 28 Aug 15 0NHV Group has logged the first 1,000 flight hours with the Airbus Helicopters H175. The 1,000 hours have been accumulated by NHV’s initial two H175s… Read more
NHV completes Blueway acquisitionnews Terry Spruce 29 Dec 14 0NHV Group has completed the acquisition of Norway’s Blueway. The new group becomes one of Europe’s largest helicopter operators. The group is also the first… Read more
Airbus Helicopters makes EC175 first delivery to NHVnews Terry Spruce 12 Dec 14 0NHV are the first entry into service customer and has taken delivery of the first two EC175 helicopters. A double-handover ceremony marked Airbus Helicopters’ first… Read more
