GDHF delivers Airbus H175 on lease to OHInews Mike Stones 17 Jan 25 0New lessor GDHF has delivered an Airbus H175 super-medium helicopter on lease to Omni Helicopters International Group (OHI). The H175 will operate as part of… Read more
Airbus delivers two new SAR H225Ms to French govntnews Mike Stones 17 Jan 25 0Airbus Helicopters has delivered two H225M helicopters to the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) for use on search and rescue (SAR), utility and operational missions.… Read more
NHV wins contract with Vestas for North Sea wind missions using H175snews Mike Stones 16 Dec 24 0NHV Group has won a multi-year contract with sustainable energy specialist Vestas for offshore wind operations in the North Sea using Airbus H175 super-medium helicopters.… Read more
LifeFlight starts new hangar base on Sunshine Coastnews Terry Spruce 9 Dec 24 0Australian aeromedical service LifeFlight has started construction of of a new Aus$18.5m three-hangar base on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. The new development will deliver the organisation’s… Read more
Avincis Expands Maintenance Facilities in Portugalnews Terry Spruce 15 Nov 24 0Avincis has chosen Lisbon in Portugal, as the location for major maintenance work on one of its Italian-based helicopters. The Italian registered helicopter arrived in… Read more
Global Medical Response adds 15 Bell 407GXisnews Terry Spruce 15 Nov 24 0Global Medical Response is adding 15 Bell 407GXis fitted with IFR configuration kits to its total fleet of 250 Bell helicopters. The emergency medical services… Read more
First of up to 82 H145M helicopters delivered to German Armed Forcesnews Terry Spruce 14 Nov 24 0Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first of up to 82 H145Ms to the German Armed Forces. The contract was signed less than a year ago… Read more
MD Helicopters completes first MD500E conversion to MD530Fnews Terry Spruce 6 Nov 24 0MD Helicopters has completed the first MD 500E to MD 530F conversion. The work was carried out at Thoroughbred Aviation in Lexington, Kentucky – an… Read more
The path to powered-lift operations: FAA publishes final SFAR rulenews Yves Le Marquand 22 Oct 24 0The FAA has published its Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) for powered-lift aircraft such as air taxis and cargo delivery. Passed in less than 18 months,… Read more
Bell names JGAS as authorised reseller in Japannews Mike Stones 18 Oct 24 0Bell Textron has appointed Japan General Aviation Service (JGAS) as the new Bell 505 authorised reseller in Japan. This appointment is designed to continue the… Read more
HI Uplift: ‘Twice is nice for FAA’s R66 parts extension’news Mike Stones 4 Oct 24 0The FAA’s recent approval to double the service life on specific Robinson R66 helicopter components from 2,000 to 4,000 hours will find favour with the… Read more
Airbus Helicopters delivers first H175 to Guangzhou, Chinanews Mike Stones 1 Oct 24 0Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first H175 super-medium aircraft to the aviation force of the Guangzhou Public Security Bureau (GZP) in southern China. The helicopter… Read more
CHC Brazil wins new contracts with Petrobras and opens new hangarnews Terry Spruce 23 Sep 24 0CHC Brasil, part of CHC Helicopter, has started operations from a new hangar at Maricá Airport, after winning four new contracts with the state-owned energy… Read more
Boeing offers CH47 to Poland for defence and humanitarian reliefnews Mike Stones 9 Sep 24 0Boeing is offering its CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter to Poland for defence and humanitarian relief. “The Chinook has been a key part of the European… Read more
LCI delivers two new AW139s to Babcock Australasia for EMS opsnews Mike Stones 30 Aug 24 0LCI has delivered two new Leonardo AW139 helicopters to Babcock Australasia for emergency medical services (EMS) missions across the Torres Strait and the Northern Peninsula… Read more
HI Uplift: Milestone puts firefighting S-92s to worknews Mike Stones 19 Aug 24 0It’s a marriage made, if not in heaven, then at least in fire-torn skies. As wildfires worldwide intensify, lessor Milestone Aviation and Helitak Fire Fighting… Read more
Volocopter conducts eVTOL validation flight in Parisnews Yves Le Marquand 10 Aug 24 0Volocopter has begun crewed validation test flights at the Aerodrome of Saint-Cyr-l’École, just outside Versailles, France. Conducted on August 8th, the flight marks the beginning… Read more
Milestone and Helitak win FAA certification for FT5000 fire tank for S-92Anews Mike Stones 5 Aug 24 0Milestone Aviation and Helitak Firefighting Equipment – the Australian firefighting equipment manufacturer – have received an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for the FT5000 fire tank… Read more
ARC Aerosystems and Ecojet agree deal for up to 50 aircraftnews Yves Le Marquand 1 Aug 24 0ARC Aerosystems has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with startup airline Ecojet to purchase 20 Linx P9 aircraft, with options for an additional 30.… Read more
HI Uplift: Airbus Racer tech aims ‘to transform civil heli missions’news Mike Stones 26 Jul 24 0Imagine a civil helicopter cruising at nearly 300mph (277kts). Think of an aircraft fitted with two pusher propellers and a box-wing design; that can cut… Read more
