Qinetiq reviews Bristow SAR contractnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Aug 19 0A recent independent review by British defence company Qinetiq has praised the transition of the UK’s search and rescue helicopter (SARH) services to the civil… Read more
The silver lining to Franky Zapata’s cross-Channel flight cloudnews Alasdair Whyte 30 Jul 19 0Franky Zapata, the flying enthusiast who attempted to cross the English Channel on his personal VTOL on July 25, has been unsuccessful. The VTOL –… Read more
A Catalyst for change: XTI partners with GEnews Alasdair Whyte 26 Jul 19 0XTI has partnered with GE Aviation to develop a hybrid-electric propulsion system to power the XTI TriFan 600 eVTOL – with GE’s new Catalyst turboprop… Read more
Metro Aviation orders five SH09snews Alasdair Whyte 25 Jul 19 0Swiss helicopter manufacturer Kopter has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Metro Aviation to take delivery of five SH09 helicopters following the aircraft’s FAA… Read more
PRICE Systems helps Uber estmate prices for Uber Airinsight Alasdair Whyte 24 Jul 19 0PRICE Systems, a company providing cost estimating solutions, is helping Uber and its partners in the Uber Air initiative in estimating the optimum price per… Read more
We could be flying, yeah!insight Alasdair Whyte 24 Jul 19 0Airbus recently announced a partnership with Groupe ADP, the RATP group, the Paris Ile-de-France region and the French civil aviation authority (DAGC) for the development… Read more
Airbus sells first ACH160 to Southeast Asianews Alasdair Whyte 23 Jul 19 0Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) has netted its first ACH160 sale in Southeast Asia. An undisclosed private customer in the Philippines has ordered one Airbus ACH160.… Read more
LCI closes $75 million asset-backed facilitynews Alasdair Whyte 9 Jul 19 0In the midst a down market where consolidation and oversupply are the main words on the tongue, helicopter lessor Lease Corporation International (LCI) has just… Read more
Rostec wants to invest $600 million in Russian civil aviation projectsnews Alasdair Whyte 8 Jul 19 0 Last week, the biggest players in Russian commerce met for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2019 (SPIEF 2019) to discuss the key economic… Read more
Exclusive interview: Eviation’s co-founder and CEO Omer Bar-Yohaynews Alasdair Whyte 1 Jul 19 0In 2017, electric aircraft start-up Eviation displayed a technology demonstrator at the Paris Air Show. In 2019, it returned with an airworthy prototype all-electric aircraft… Read more
Airbus sells first ACH160 to Chinanews Alasdair Whyte 21 Jun 19 0Airbus Corporate Helicopter has netted its first Chinese launch customer for the ACH160. The company announced yesterday at the Paris Air Show that it has… Read more
Kopter P3 completes 34 test flightsnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Jun 19 0Swiss helicopter manufacturer Kopter has completed 34 flights in its latest P3 – having flown more than 100 hours. The company revealed its third prototype… Read more
New York helicopter crash raises security questions about flying over citiesnews Alasdair Whyte 12 Jun 19 0Panic in New York streets on Monday when a twin-engine Agusta A109E burst into flames on crashing into the AXA Equitable Centre in New York… Read more
Aero Asset – Bringing big brokerage practices to the preowned marketnews Alasdair Whyte 6 Jun 19 0Three of AvPro’s senior salespeople split off from the group at the beginning of the year to form a new pre-owned helicopter brokerage – Aero… Read more
Bristow signs new offshore contract amidst Chapter 11 proceedingsnews Alasdair Whyte 4 Jun 19 0Amidst the process of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Bristow has secured a new five-year contract to fly workers to and from BP’s offshore oil rigs in… Read more
Volocopter and Skyports collaborate to bring the first Volo-Port this yearnews Alasdair Whyte 29 May 19 0Volocopter is collaborating with UK-based helipad company Skyports to build its first eVTOL landing pad in Singapore this year. Along with its flagship 2X eVTOL,… Read more
Airbus delivers first of two ACH145s to superyacht ownernews Alasdair Whyte 28 May 19 0Airbus has announced the delivery of the first of two ACH145s to a private customer to fly to and land on superyachts. At EBACE 2019… Read more
XTI flies TriFan 600 prototypenews Alasdair Whyte 14 May 19 0XTI has completed the first test flights of its 65%-scale TriFan 600 VTOL prototype. The aircraft has taken multiple take off and landing manoeuvres –… Read more
London must change helicopter policy to keep city open for businessnews Terry Spruce 13 May 19 0London – 13th May 2019: London Biggin Hill Airport is warning that the emerging London Policy Plan for Aviation could harm London’s growth by preventing… Read more
Leonardo delivers AW139s to Italy Fire Corpsnews Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 19 0Leonardo Helicopters has struck a deal with Italy’s National Fire Corps for two AW139 helicopters – with the first entering service today. The Italian Fire… Read more
