Second Enstrom TH180 prototype resumes flyingnews Terry Spruce 7 Jun 16 0Enstrom has resumed flight testing of the TH-180 with the second prototype (registered N181TH). The TH-180 took to the air under control of William Taylor,… Read more
Falcon Aviation signs LoI for VIP H160news Terry Spruce 31 May 16 0Airbus Helicopters and Falcon Aviation have signed a letter of intent (LoI) for a VIP version of the H160 in a private ceremony at EBACE… Read more
Professional Helicopter Services signs LoI of intent for three Bell 505snews Terry Spruce 31 May 16 0Bell Helicopters has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Professional Helicopter Services (PHS) for three Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters. PHS will be… Read more
Bell Helicopter delivers Bell 429s to the Swedish National Policenews Terry Spruce 31 May 16 0The Swedish National Police’s seven Bell 429 helicopters are now all in active service. The fleet is being used for law enforcement and search and… Read more
Airbus Helicopters highlights EMS at HeliRussia 2016news Terry Spruce 17 May 16 0Airbus Helicopters will participate in the international helicopter industry exhibition HeliRussia 2016 being held in Moscow on May 19-21. Emeric Lhomme, CEO of Airbus Helicopters… Read more
University of New Mexico Hospital launches service with Agusta 119Kx Koalanews Alasdair Whyte 9 May 16 0The University of New Mexico Hospital has launched a new helicopter initiative as part of its Lifeguard Emergency Services division. The initiative that starts on… Read more
Moody’s downgrades CHC Group following Chapter 11 bankruptcy filingnews Alasdair Whyte 6 May 16 0Credit ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded CHC Group’s probability of default rating to D-PD (definitive probability of default) from a more favourable Ca-PD rating. The… Read more
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
