AgustaWestland and Shanghai Zenisun signs distributorship agreementnews Terry Spruce 18 Jun 13 0AgustaWestland has announced that it has signed an agreement with Shanghai Zenisun Investment Group of China which is expected to lead to the appointment of… Read more
Samsung Techwin orders more AW139snews Terry Spruce 17 Jun 13 0AgustaWestland has announced that Samsung Techwin of South Korea has ordered another two AW139 helicopters. Read more
Brunei Shell takes delivery of two helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 17 Jun 13 0AgustaWestland has delivered two AW139 helicopters to Brunei Shell. Read more
AgustaWestland delivers simulator to Reganews Terry Spruce 17 Jun 13 0AgustaWestland has delivered a GrandNew full flight simulator to Rega of Switzerland. Read more
Russian Helicopters showcase a number of helicopters at Parisnews Terry Spruce 17 Jun 13 0Russian Helicopters will showcase many helicopters to the 50th Paris Air Show being held at Le Bourget, including the Ka-62 and Mi-171A2 helicopters, both designed… Read more
Bell Helicopter will showcase a number of updates and aircraft at Paris shownews Terry Spruce 15 Jun 13 0Next week, at the Paris Air Show being held at Le Bourget, Bell Helicopter will share program updates and display a number of aircraft. Read more
Gama recognised as first choice service centre for Sikorsky S-76 helicopternews Terry Spruce 13 Jun 13 0The Gama Group announced at a London presentation that its UK-based Gama Engineering subsidiary has become the first choice service centre of Sikorsky S-76 operators. Read more
Russian Helicopters demonstrate Ka226T in mountains of Kazakhstannews Terry Spruce 12 Jun 13 0Rusian Helicopters begin a demonstration tour using the Ka-226T helicopter flying the aircraft in the mountains of Kazakhstan. Read more
Eurocopter X3 helicopter breaks two speed recordsnews Terry Spruce 11 Jun 13 0The Eurocpter X3 helicopter has recently broken two speed records, the first a speed of 263 knots in a descent and the second a speed… Read more
FlightSafety selected by Maricopa County Sherriff to provide Bell 407 trainingnews Terry Spruce 10 Jun 13 0The Maricopa County Sherriff’s office in Phoenix, Arizona has selected FlightSafety Intenational to provide Bell 407 training at its learning centre at Lafayette, Louisiana. Read more
Pylon Aviation orders six AS350 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 7 Jun 13 0Chandler, Arizona based Pylon Aviation has ordered six helicopters from American Eurocopter, two AS350 B3e’s and four AS350 B2’s. Read more
Bell names Al Vetere new CFOnews Terry Spruce 31 May 13 0Bell Helicopter has announced that Al Vetere has assumed the role of chief financial officer. Read more
EC225 comes backinsight Alasdair Whyte 30 May 13 0Eurocopter is confident that it fully understands the technical problems with the EC225 gear shaft and says that the aircraft will be able to return… Read more
Sikorsky to complete search and rescue conversion for Brunei Shell S-92news Terry Spruce 30 May 13 0Sikorsky will perform the first post-delivery search and rescue (SAR) modifications to Brunei Shell’s Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. Read more
Vortex Helicopters takes delivery of an AS350 B3e helicopternews Terry Spruce 26 May 13 0Vortex Helicopters of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada has taken delivery from Eurocopter Canada an AS350 B3e aircraft. Read more
Bell showcases 429 helicopter at EBACE 2013news Terry Spruce 23 May 13 0Bell Helicopter showcased a corporate configured Bell 429 on static display in the exhibition hall at EBACE, Geneva. The customer-owned helicopter was the first to… Read more
Eurocopter to supply more EC225 and AS350 B3e helicopters to largest Chinese operatornews Terry Spruce 23 May 13 0The State Grid General Aviation Company (SGGAC) has ordered one EC225 and two AS350 B3e helicopters. Read more
Eurocopter unveils VIP EC175 helicopternews Terry Spruce 22 May 13 0Eurocopter has unveiled executive and VIP versions of the EC175 helicopter at EBACE. Read more
Bell expands in Russianews Terry Spruce 17 May 13 0Bell Helicopter has added a second independent representative in Russia. Read more
Dart Aerospace launches locker extender for Bell 206 and 407 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 16 May 13 0Dart Aerospace plans to launch a rear locker extender to allow more baggage on Bell 206 and Bell 407 helicopters. Read more