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
MD Helicopters delivers new MD 600N with all glass cockpitnews Terry Spruce 6 Dec 17 0MD Helicopters has delivered a new MD 600N to its Subang, Malaysia-based sales agent, Sapura Aero. The new helicopter is configured with the company’s upgraded… Read more
Airbus ceases H120 productionnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Dec 17 0Airbus Helicopters has ended serial production of the H120. It ceased production after it cleared its orderbook, delivering the last H120 in September from the… Read more
RDIF and Arab investors look to buy more of Russian Helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 28 Nov 17 0Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and an undisclosed group of Arab investors are considering buying up more shares in Russian Helicopters. In February, the two… Read more
VNH South completes Indonesian fire fighting contractnews Alasdair Whyte 27 Nov 17 0State-owned Southern Vietnam operator VNH South has completed a fire fighting contract for PT. Komala. The two Mi-172s placed with the Indonesian charter firm were… Read more
CoxHealth gets new MD 902 Explorernews Terry Spruce 23 Nov 17 0MD Helicopter has delivered a newly converted MD 902 Explorer to Springfield, Missouri-based CoxHealth. Previously operated by the Dutch Police and the United States Coast… Read more
National 119 Rescue Headquarters buys two H225 helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 22 Nov 17 0Airbus Helicopters has won a contract to supply two extra H225 helicopters to South Korea’s National 119 Rescue Headquarters. The National 119 Rescue Headquarters currently… Read more
HTM takes delivery of 150th H145news Alasdair Whyte 16 Nov 17 0Heliccopter Travel Munich (HTM) has taken delivery of the 150th Airbus H145 from the manufacturer. The German operator will fly the new rotorcraft on support… Read more
