Falcon and Leonardo sign three AW169 order with KOCnews Alasdair Whyte 17 Jan 18 0Falcon Aviation and Leonardo will place three new Leonardo AW169 helicopters on oil and gas operations with the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). The five-year contract,… Read more
Leonardo opens maintenance base at Milano Linate Primenews Alasdair Whyte 16 Jan 18 0Leonardo has opened a new maintenance base at Milano Linate Prime (SEA Prime) airport in Italy. Maintenance services for the AW109 and AW139 for private… Read more
Erickson builds two S-64Es for Korean operatornews Alasdair Whyte 11 Jan 18 0Erickson has won a bid to build two S-64E Aircranes for the Korea Forest Service. The operator has ordered the aircraft to help boost its… Read more
Waypoint leases H145 to Brazilnews Alasdair Whyte 11 Jan 18 0Irish lessor Waypoint Leasing has leased one H145 to Brazilian transport operator CAF Táxi Aéreo. The helicopter will be used for private charter transport in Sao… Read more
Gwinnett County Police orders new MD 530Fsnews Alasdair Whyte 10 Jan 18 0Georgia Gwinnet County Police Department has purchased a new MD 530F to replace one of its two helicopters that was involved in an accident last… Read more
Bell reveals air taxi cabin at CESnews Alasdair Whyte 10 Jan 18 0Bell helicopter has debuted the cabin of its upcoming air taxi at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the first major helicopter manufacturer to debut at… Read more
Heliports of Russia gets two H130snews Alasdair Whyte 8 Jan 18 0Heliports of Russia Group subsidiary Tekhnodrom has ordered two H130 T2s. The rotorcraft distributor has ordered two passenger variants of the aircraft, in a six+one… Read more
Airbus delivers H125 to TransCanadanews Alasdair Whyte 4 Jan 18 0Airbus has delivered an H125 to Toronto energy firm TransCanada PipeLines. TransCanada PipeLines builds and maintains a 91,500 km network of gas pipelines, which supplies… Read more
Latvia orders two Leonardo AW119Kxnews Alasdair Whyte 2 Jan 18 0The State Border Guard of Latvia has signed an agreement for two Leonardo AW119Kx helicopters for SAR, transport, firefighting and disaster relief missions. Both aircraft… Read more
Leonardo AW109 Trekker gains EASA certificatenews Terry Spruce 29 Dec 17 0EASA has awarded the Leonardo AW109 Trekker its certificate and deliveries should start in the first quarter of 2018. The AW109 Trekker is based on… Read more
CityAirbus ready for electric propulsion testsnews Alasdair Whyte 20 Dec 17 0Airbus has completed and powered on its on-ground test bench for its upcoming VTOL CityAirbus, readying the aircraft for electric propulsion verification testing. The first… Read more
V-280 Valor completes maiden flightnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Dec 17 0Bell’s new tiltrotor aircraft, the V-280 Valor, has flown for the first time at Amarillo, Texas. The next-generation military tiltrotor design took off vertically, hovered, then… Read more
Bell Helicopters delivers 20th EMS Bell 429news Alasdair Whyte 15 Dec 17 0Bell Helicopter has delivered its 20th emergency medical services (EMS) configured helicopter this year. The Bell 429 was handed over to Andorra-based operator Heliand at… Read more
Airbus completes Project Eagle flight testnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Dec 17 0Airbus has completed the in-flight validation of its experimental on-board image processing system named Project Eagle. The system is designed to perform automatic approaches and… Read more
Sikorsky delivers two S-70i Black Hawks to L.A. Countynews Alasdair Whyte 14 Dec 17 0Pictured: Jeanette Eaton, regional sales director for North America, and Bill Gostic, vice president of Sikorsky, preseting a plaque to members of the L.A. County Fire… Read more
Bell completes its 5,000th aircraftnews Alasdair Whyte 13 Dec 17 0Bell Helicopter has completed the build of its 5,000th aircraft, a Bell 407GXP, at its Canadian facility in Mirabel. The helicopter will be operated by… Read more
Erickson firefighting aircrane returns to Chilenews Alasdair Whyte 13 Dec 17 0Global air services operator Erickson will be re-introducing its firefighting rotorcraft, the S-64 aircrane, to Chile’s Bío Bío region. The aircrane will be delivered to Latin… Read more
Bell delivers four 412EPs to Argentinanews Alasdair Whyte 12 Dec 17 0Bell has delivered four 412EPs to the Argentinian government. The government will use the aircraft for a large variety of missions, including search and rescue,… Read more
Waypoint: super-mediums challenged by legacy S-92sinsight Alasdair Whyte 12 Dec 17 0Irish lessor Waypoint has released a study that shows that used S-92s are a more competitive option for oil and gas operations than new super-medium… Read more
CHC signs Norwegian sea drilling contractnews Alasdair Whyte 11 Dec 17 0CHC has signed a contract with British utilities firm Centrica to provide helicopter services for its upcoming drilling programme in the Norwegian Sea. The operator… Read more
