Sikorsky begins delivery of record S-92 ordernews Terry Spruce 7 Feb 13 0Sikorsky announced the delivery of the first of sixteen S-92 helicopters to the Avincis Group. Read more
AgustaWestland’s fourth AW169 helicopter completes first flightnews Terry Spruce 1 Feb 13 0The fourth AgustaWestland AW169 has performed its maiden flight at the Vergiate facility in Italy. Read more
Eurocopter delivered tenth EC135 to JMSDFnews Terry Spruce 31 Jan 13 0Eurocopter Japan has delivered the tenth EC135 training helicopter to the Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force. Read more
US Helicopters takes delivery of an AS350 B2news Terry Spruce 31 Jan 13 0American Eurocopter announced the delivery of an AS350 B2 to IS Helicopters based in Marshville, North Carolina. Read more
Eurocopter delivers first EC135 T2 to Japanese Police Agencynews Terry Spruce 31 Jan 13 0Eurocopter Japan has delivered the first EC135 T2 to the Japanese National Police Agency. Read more
Four companies win innovation award for thermoplastic tailplane of AW169news Terry Spruce 30 Jan 13 0Fokker Aerostructures, AgustaWestland, TenCate Advanced Composites and Ticona have jointly won the JEC innovation award. Read more
2012 was a record year for helicopter manufacturersinsight Alasdair Whyte 28 Jan 13 0Many industries will want to forget 2012, but when writing about helicopter OEMs it is hard to avoid overusing the word record in a good… Read more
AgustaWestland and Embraer sign a MOU to build helicopters in Brazilinsight Alasdair Whyte 28 Jan 13 0What do you get when Italians, Brazilians and Brits join together? Well we should find out soon when AgustaWestland teams up with Embraer to build… Read more
Bertling reports 2012 Eurocopter performancenews Terry Spruce 25 Jan 13 0Lutz Bertling, chief executive of Eurocopter reports the results and performance for 2012 and gave an insight into the future direction of the EADS subsidiary… Read more
Bell Helicopter gains approval for maintenance in Asianews Terry Spruce 22 Jan 13 0Bell Helicopter Asia has received Part 145 maintenance organisation approval certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore. Read more
Bell Helicopter honours Living Legends of Aviationnews Terry Spruce 22 Jan 13 0Bell Helicopter has honoured Roy Morgan with the first Bell Helicopter Vertical Flight Hall of Fame award. Roy Morgan is the founder of Air Methods… Read more
Embraer and AgustaWestland to establish a joint venturenews Terry Spruce 21 Jan 13 0Companies sign a memorandum of understanding to establish a joint venture in Latin America that would lead to production of AgistaWestland helicopters in Brazil. Read more
Watson, Farley & Williams advises CHC Helicopter on operating lease facilitynews Terry Spruce 18 Jan 13 0Watson, Farley & Williams, a leading international law firm, has advised CHC Helicopter on an operating lease facility of up to $202m with Milestone Aviation,… Read more
Eurocopter delivers new helicopter to Beijing Capital Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 17 Jan 13 0In a ceremony held in Beijing, Eurocopter delivered Beijing Capital Helicopter’s first EC135 P2+ helicopter. Read more
Chinese company buys Enstrom Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 15 Jan 13 0In late December 2012, the Chongqing Helicopter Investment Company bought the Enstrom Helicopter Corporation. Read more
Chile validates the Bell 429 helicopternews Terry Spruce 15 Jan 13 0Chile has certified the Bell 429 and the validation includes the high takeoff weight. Read more
The Peruvian Ministry of Interior orders four EC145 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 15 Jan 13 0The Peruvian authorities have ordered four EC145s to be used by the National Police of Peru. Read more
Geisinger Health adds fifth EC145 helicopternews Terry Spruce 8 Jan 13 0Geisinger Health System adds fifth Eurocopter EC145 and completes its fleet modernisation programme. Read more
Mitsui Bussan Aerospace appointed as AW169 distributor for Japannews Terry Spruce 30 Dec 12 0AgusraWestland appoimts Mitsui Bussan Aerospace as AW169 distributor. Read more
Bell Helicopter signs agreement with Air Methodsnews Terry Spruce 22 Dec 12 0Bell has signed an agreement with Air Methods for 20 Bell 407GX helicopters. Read more
