Kazakhstan takes delivery of Mi-8AMT helicopternews Terry Spruce 8 Oct 14 0Russian Helicopters has delivered a Mi-8AMT to the Almaty City Rescue Service. ALSO READ: Russian Helicopters delivers first Mi-26T to Kazakhstan government Grigory Kozlov, deputy… Read more
Vector and Orange County Sheriffs sign MRO contractnews Terry Spruce 6 Oct 14 0Vector Aerospace and Orange County (CA) Sheriff’s Department sign an Airbus Helicopters AS350 and Bell Helicopter UH-1H MRO support contract. The contract is a five-year… Read more
Miami Valley Hospital CareFlight begins helicopter servicenews Terry Spruce 6 Oct 14 0Miami Valley Hospital CareFlight in Dayton, Ohio begins service with a new Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin N3+ aircraft. Candy Skidmore, premier health vice president, Emergency,… Read more
PDG Helicopters wins new lighthouse contractnews Terry Spruce 3 Oct 14 0PDG Helicopters based in Dalcross, Scotland has been awarded a seven-year contract by The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the UK and Ireland. The contract… Read more
LCI closes $325 million secured asset backed facilitynews Terry Spruce 2 Oct 14 0Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation leasing division of the Libra Group, has successfully closed a five-year, $325 million asset-backed credit facility for its helicopter-leasing… Read more
VIDEO: Elbit Systems performs demo on Swiss helicopternews Terry Spruce 1 Oct 14 0Elbit Systems, an international defense electronics company, has successfully demonstrated a flight using Skyvis. The demonstration flight was onboard a Swiss Air Rescue REGA AgustaWestland… Read more
Sikorsky celebrates 10th anniversary of first S-92 deliverynews Terry Spruce 29 Sep 14 0US-based helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky is celebrating 10 years since it delivered the first S-92 helicopter to PHI, Inc., a helicopter operator based in Lafayette, Louisiana.… Read more
Bell VIP 429 delivers at the Monaco Yacht Shownews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0Bell Helicopter has delivered a VIP-configured Bell 429 helicopter to Heli-Securite. This is the first VIP-configured Bell 429 to be delivered in France. The delivery… Read more
Vector Aerospace gains AS350 repair station statusnews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services – North America (HS-NA) has been appointed an Airbus Helicopters D-Level certified repair centre for the AS350/AS355 and EC130 family of… Read more
Bell announces first Jet Ranger X deals in South Africanews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0National Airways Corporation (NAC) has ordered nine Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters at the Africa Aerospace and Defense (AAD) show in South Africa. These… Read more
HUBI-FLY takes delivery of AS350 helicopternews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0HUBI-FLY has taken delivery of an Airbus Helicopters AS350 B2. The helicopter will be used on a number of missions including power-line inspection, training, aerial… Read more
SevenBar takes delivery of GrandNew helicopternews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0AgustaWestland has delivered a GrandNew helicopter to SevenBar. The delivery took place at the Air Medical Transport Conference 2014 in Nashville. ALSO READ: SevenBar orders… Read more
Wysong delivers first of three Bell 407GXs to Med-Trans Corporationnews Terry Spruce 25 Sep 14 0Wysong Enterprises delivered a Bell 407GX helicopter to the Med-Trans Corporation prior to the Air Medical Transport Conference. This is the first Bell 407GX to… Read more
AgustaWestland Philadelphia delivers its 200th AW139news Terry Spruce 25 Sep 14 0AgustaWestland has assembled its its 200th AW139 helicopter in Philadelphia and has delivered the aircraft to Mitsui Bussan Aerospace and the City of Yokohama. The… Read more
Bell debuts the Jet Ranger X in South Africanews Terry Spruce 17 Sep 14 0Bell Helicopter will showcase the Bell 505 Jet Ranger X for the first time at the Africa Aerospace and Defense show (AAD) in South Africa,… Read more
Russian Helicopters highlights aircraft in South Africanews Terry Spruce 17 Sep 14 0Russian Helicopters will showcase its commercial Mi-8/17 and Ka-32A11BC series helicopters as well as the latest Mi-171A2 at the annual ADD business aviation show in… Read more
Japanese Police orders AW109 Power helicopternews Terry Spruce 15 Sep 14 0The Japanese National Police Agency (JNPA) has placed an order for a AgustaWestland AW109 Power helicopter to be operated by the Kyoto Police. The AW109… Read more
UK minister visits Airbus Helicopters Oxford basenews Terry Spruce 12 Sep 14 0Matthew Hancock, the UK minister for business and enterprise visited Airbus Helicopters UK base at London Oxford Airport, where he was given a tour of… Read more
Summit Aviation prepares ex-US Army Chinook for firefighting rolenews Terry Spruce 12 Sep 14 0Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, has recently converted a Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter into a firefighting aircraft. Late last year, the US military began… Read more
Life Flight Network takes delivery of another AW119Kxnews Terry Spruce 11 Sep 14 0AgustaWestland has built its 15th AW119Kx helicopter in Philadelphia and has delivered it to the Life Flight Network. ALSO READ: Life Flight Network takes delivery… Read more
