Malaysian AS350 crash claims six livesnews Alasdair Whyte 6 May 16 0A Eurocopter AS350 has crashed in Malaysia, claiming the lives of all six people on board. The helicopter crashed whilst on a flight to Kuching… Read more
CHC Group files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionnews Alasdair Whyte 5 May 16 0Offshore helicopter operator CHC Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to allow it time to restructure its financial assets. The company said it… Read more
Triumph Gear Systems receives award from Sikorskynews Alasdair Whyte 5 May 16 0Triumph Group subsidiary Triumph Gear Systems has received the 2015 Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training Supplier of the Year from helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky. Thomas… Read more
Third prototype AW609 TiltRotor performs ground runnews Terry Spruce 5 May 16 0Leonardo-Finmeccanica has announced that the third prototype of the AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor has completed its first ground run at the company’s facilities in Cascina Costa,… Read more
Airbus offers “full support” to Norwegian EC225 crash investigation teamnews Alasdair Whyte 4 May 16 0Airbus Helicopters has said that it will provide its “full support” to the team from the Accident Investigation Board Norway that has been tasked with… Read more
First prototype Ka-62 helicopter takes to the airnews Terry Spruce 4 May 16 0The first prototype (OP-1) of the Ka-62 helicopter has been launched at Russian Helicopters’ Progress Arsenyev aviation company. The lift in a hover mode was… Read more
Bell Helicopter makes 60 further redundancies at Mirabel plantnews Alasdair Whyte 25 Apr 16 0Bell Helicopter is to axe up to 60 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Mirabel in Canada. The latest cuts are in addition to the… Read more
British International Helicopters to work on $275 million Falklands contractnews Alasdair Whyte 21 Apr 16 0British International Helicopters (BIH) the largest UK-owned helicopter operator together with AAR Airlift and Air Rescue Systems (ARS) have been awarded a $275 million contract… Read more
Aerochine Aviation purchases Bell 407GXPnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Apr 16 0Bell has announced the sale of a Bell 407GXP to Aerochine Aviation at the ABACE convention in Shanghai. The aircraft will be outfitted for corporate… Read more
NHV brings H225 to UK for demo flightsnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Apr 16 0NHV has brought an Airbus H225 in from Norway to Aberdeen for demonstration flights to potential customers. From its normal base at Kristiansund in Norway,… Read more
Abu Dhabi Aviation clocks up one million hours with Bell fleetnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Apr 16 0Bell and Abu Dhabi Aviation (ADA) have announced 1,000,000 flight hours on the Bell 212 and 412 fleets at the Middle East operator. General manager… Read more
Van Horn moves into main rotor market with Bell 206 installationnews Alasdair Whyte 13 Apr 16 0Van Horn Aviation has moved into the market for main rotor blades from its core product base of tail rotor blades. President of the company Dean… Read more
Australian-Turkish joint venture launches as StarFlight Australianews Alasdair Whyte 11 Apr 16 0CareFlight Group in Australia has joined forces with Kaan Air from Turkey to launch StarFlight Australia. Through manufacturer links already in place via Kaan Air,… Read more
Two former AgustaWestland heads sentenced to prison termsinsight Alasdair Whyte 11 Apr 16 0Two former AgustaWestland directors have been sentenced to prison terms, reports Reuters. In a long-running bribery case linked to the $638 million contract for twelve… Read more
Indonesian operator orders thirty Bell 505 JetRanger Xnews Alasdair Whyte 11 Apr 16 0Bell has signed a letter of intent with PT Whitesky Aviation for 30 of the new not-yet-certified Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters. The aircraft will… Read more
Atlantic Airways takes delivery second new AW139insight Alasdair Whyte 7 Apr 16 0Faroe Islands operator Atlantic Airways has taken delivery of the second of the pair of AgustaWestland AW139s it had ordered. The aircraft will be used… Read more
Milestone delivers Omni H225 to Bond Offshore Helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Apr 16 0Leasing company Milestone has delivered a new Airbus H225 to Bond Offshore Helicopters, who will put it to work on the North Sea. The helicopter… Read more
Airbus concludes coast-to-coast H215 US demo tournews Alasdair Whyte 6 Apr 16 0Airbus Helicopters has concluded its H215 demonstrator tour across the US. The aircraft was then put on static display at the Aerial Firefighting International event… Read more
Petrofac signs contract with Bristow for North Sea flightsnews Alasdair Whyte 6 Apr 16 0Bristow Helicopters has signed a contract with offshore service provider Petrofac to operate in the North Sea using both Sikorsky S92 and Airbus H225 aircraft.… Read more
PPC helps Bristow wrap S92 for long-term storagenews Alasdair Whyte 5 Apr 16 0Dallas-based Protective Packaging Corp (PPC) has preserved a Sikorsky S-92 for Bristow Helicopters that became surplus to requirements due to the oil price downturn. The… Read more
