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
Airbus to pay ERA $42 million in H225 settlementnews Alasdair Whyte 6 Jul 18 0Airbus has agreed to pay helicopter operator Era Group $42 million as compensation over the grounding of the H225. A significant amount of the aircraft… Read more
LCI leases three AW139s to Chinanews Alasdair Whyte 3 Jul 18 0Lease Corporation International has placed its first helicopters in China, leasing three new Leonardo AW139s to Shanghai Kingwing Aviation. To help tap into increasing demand… Read more
Airbus delivers four H125s to NSDNRnews Alasdair Whyte 28 Jun 18 0Airbus Helicopters has completed the delivery of four H125s to Canadian operator Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources (NSDNR). The operator ordered the aircraft in… Read more
Honeywell tests HSD-400 transceivernews Alasdair Whyte 19 Jun 18 0Honeywell have installed the HSD-400 voice and high-speed data transceiver on an in-service UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-53 Stallion. The system uses new high-data rate… Read more
Enstrom announces leadership changesnews Alasdair Whyte 6 Jun 18 0Tracy Biegler will be stepping down as CEO and president of Michigan design and manufacturing firm Enstrom Helicopter – with Matthew Francour succeeding him as… Read more
Milestone completes purchase and leaseback for four S-92snews Alasdair Whyte 1 Jun 18 0Milestone has purchased four Sikorsky S-92s which it will lease back to the seller. This brings the GE-owned lessor’s fleet of S-92s to 95 –… Read more
Ex-Leonardo executives cleared from appearing in Indian courtnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Jun 18 0An on-going legal battle has resurfaced concerning two of the company’s former executives. The company’s former CEO Giuseppe Orsi and the former head of AgustaWestland… Read more
NHV awarded offshore contract by Nautical Petroleum/Cairn Energynews Terry Spruce 31 May 18 0Aberdeen – May 31st, 2018 – The NHV Group today announced a new contract with Nautical Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy LTD,… Read more
Luxaviation partners with Heliflitenews Alasdair Whyte 31 May 18 0Luxaviation has partnered with American operator Heliflite to expand its US Helicopter services and fleet into the US. This is the first international partnership for… Read more
Kopter announces Garmin G3000H for baseline of SH09 helicopternews Terry Spruce 24 May 18 0Mollis, May 24th, 2018 – Kopter Group AG is proud to announce that the newly launched Garmin G3000H will be integrated into the SH09 single… Read more
Air Zermatt takes delivery of one Bell 429news Alasdair Whyte 23 May 18 0Swiss helicopter rescue service Air Zermatt has taken delivery of one new Bell 429 aircraft — coinciding with the company’s 50-year anniversary. The company operates… Read more
Helicopter shipments up for Q1news Alasdair Whyte 16 May 18 0Helicopter shipments are back up for the first quarter of 2018 after last year’s deliveries slump. The number of helicopters sent for delivery so far… Read more
Bell sells two 429s to EDICnews Alasdair Whyte 14 May 18 0Bell has signed an agreement to sell two of its 429 helicopters to EDIC Horizon International Flight Academy. The UAE-based training school flies an all-Bell… Read more
Waypoint leases one H135T3 to ALTnews Alasdair Whyte 26 Apr 18 0Waypoint Leasing has leased one H135T3 to German aviation service provider ALT to be used for pilot training. This is the seventh H135 Waypoint has… Read more
Airbus sells additional H225 to JCGnews Alasdair Whyte 26 Apr 18 0Airbus has secured an additional order for one H225 with the Japan Coastguard (JCG), extending on its existing fleet of eight Super Pumas. With this… Read more
HI talks to Sikorsky’s Dana Fiatarone – Weathering the downturninsight Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 18 0If any single helicopter manufacturer has turned the drop off in oil and gas missions into a positive, that one is Sikorsky. The manufacturer has… Read more
AHS re-brands as ‘Vertical Flight Society’news Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 18 0American Helicopter Society (AHS) International is rebranding itself as the Vertical Flight Society, to better represent an increasing number of non-helicopter vertical flight companies joining… Read more
Russian Helicopters gives new light helicopter and UAV updatesnews Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 18 0Russian Helicopters is aiming to have a prototype of its new light-utility helicoter ready by the end of 2019, as well as launching the first… Read more
Volocopter – First out of the gatenews Alasdair Whyte 17 Apr 18 0A slew of different manufacturers developing passenger vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft ready for the next decade, making promises for full-scale production in early… Read more
