Saudi Arabia’s The Helicopter Company (THC) and dealer Rotortrade have announced a strategic partnership. THC is owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), “An alliance between Rotortrade, one of the aviation sectors most...
Massimo Vilardi has joined Rotortrade as sales director. He is responsible for Italy and helping to grow UK sales. He has more than 20 year’s experience as an aerospace engineer and private pilot. Vilardi worked...
Argelia Morello has joined Blueberry Aviation from Safran Aerosystems America. She will focus on the North American helicopter market and be based in the US. “Argelia is a highly driven and competent aviation professional...
Woodside, Australia’s largest natural gas producer, has awarded PHI International a three Sikorsky S92 contract. The contract starts in 2023 and will run for between two and three years. PHI will fly workers from...
Omni Helicopters International has agreed sale and leasebacks on 11 helicopters with Milestone Aviation. The leases cover a mixture of new Leonardo AW139s and existing Sikorsky S92s. “Omni was Milestone’s very first customer and...
Brazil boasts not only the biggest population in South America, at 212.6m, but also one of the world’s best opportunities to commercialise eVTOLs and urban air mobility (UAM), according to Paul Malicki, CEO and...
Milestone Aviation Group has delivered the last AW139 in its 21-helicopter leasing deal with Saudi Arabia’s Aramco Overseas. Aramco signed the lease deal in 2018 for 21 new AW139s and five new Airbus H145...
Airbus Helicopters has hailed a bounce back in orders and deliveries in 2021, while warning that it could take up to three years for the industry to recover to pre-Covid levels. The OEM also...
Enstrom Helicopter Corporation is to close on January 21st, 2022 after declaring Chapter 7 bankruptcy following “several financial difficulties”. The closure, after 64 years of near continuous operations, marks “the end of a storied...
Bell Textron has signed a purchase agreement for a Bell 505 helicopter with SECO International, which has been appointed the first dealer in Japan for the model. SECO International operates a fleet of light...