HI Uplift: Milestone welcomes renewed stability in heli marketsnews Mike Stones 28 Nov 25 0Helicopter markets are enjoying welcome stability after years of turbulence, according to Pat Sheedy, president and CEO of Milestone. During our wide-ranging conversation at European… Read more
HI Uplift: European Rotors reveals industry’s steady growth (and challenges)news Mike Stones 21 Nov 25 0Willkommen from Cologne, Germany – venue for this year’s vibrant European Rotors 2025. This busy event, showcasing an industry in (modest) growth, brought together lessors,… Read more
The Helicopter Company acquires majority stake in Heliconia in Africanews Terry Spruce 21 Nov 25 0The Helicopter Company (THC), Saudi Arabia’s premier commercial helicopter operator, has announced its acquisition of 76% majority stake in Heliconia, the African rotary services company.… Read more
Rotortrade delivers H135 to Star Air of Indianews Terry Spruce 21 Nov 25 0Rotortrade has delivered an Airbus H135 T3 from Italy to India’s Star Air, which is the aviation arm of the Sanjay Ghodawat Group. The announcement… Read more
Milestone Aviation Group signs lease agreements with Bristow Groupnews Terry Spruce 21 Nov 25 0Milestone Aviation Group has signed lease agreements with Bristow Group for five new Airbus H160 helicopters. The helicopters, four of which are scheduled for delivery… Read more
Bell 525 simulator receives FAA qualificationnews Terry Spruce 19 Nov 25 0Bell Textron revealed at this week’s European Rotors event in Germany that the Bell 525 Flight Simulation training device at the Bell Training Academy has… Read more
McDermott Aviation plans for Australian summer firefighting seasonnews Terry Spruce 13 Nov 25 0As Australia prepares for another hot and dry summer, McDermott Aviation’s firefighting helicopters have arrived back in Australia after completing an international deployment fighting fires… Read more
Rotortrade launches its new US MRO facilitynews Terry Spruce 11 Nov 25 0Rotortrade has officially launched its US maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, following the successful completion of the FAA Part 145 certification… Read more
Niagara Helicopters takes delivery of four Airbus H130snews Terry Spruce 11 Nov 25 0Niagara Helicopters has taken delivery of four Airbus H130 helicopters that will support its aerial tourism operations. The fleet renewal plan was announced in 2024.… Read more
HI Finance Forums focus on HEMS and industry investment at European Rotorsnews Mike Stones 7 Nov 25 0Helicopter Investor will be staging two HI Finance Forums at European Rotors in Cologne, Germany on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 18th. Taking centre stage… Read more
Heli hires: Airwork Africa appoints executive general managernews Mike Stones 6 Nov 25 0Helicopter services company Airwork Africa has appointed Michiel Swanepoel as executive general manager. Swanepoel will focus on securing humanitarian and government contracts. He will also… Read more
HI Uplift: Heli missions in Indonesia – the land of 17,500 islandsnews Mike Stones 3 Nov 25 0Indonesia is huge. Think thousands of islands (including Komodo), the world’s fourth biggest population, at 280m people, and its third longest coastline of 34,000m (54,716km).… Read more
Bell appoints Tangmere Aircraft Sales as new UK and Ireland representativenews Terry Spruce 3 Nov 25 0Bell Textron has appointed Tangmere Aircraft Sales as a Bell 429, SUBARU Bell 412EPX, and Bell 525 authorised sales representative in the United Kingdom and… Read more
Spanish flight sim firm Entrol celebrates 20th anniversarynews Mike Stones 23 Oct 25 0Entrol, the helicopter flight simulator business that began in a Spanish garage 20 years ago, has grown to produce 160 simulators operating across five continents.… Read more
CHC signs new five-year EMS deal with Petrobasnews Yves Le Marquand 23 Oct 25 0CHC Helicopter has signed a new five-year contract with Petrobras to deliver emergency medical services (EMS) for offshore personnel in Brazil. The dedicated service, which… Read more
Textron Bell reports revenues up 10%YoYnews Fayaz Hussain 23 Oct 25 0Textron has reported an increase of 10% year-over-year in third-quarter revenues of its Bell segment owing to higher contribution from military services. “In the quarter,… Read more
Heli Hires: Robinson recruits new COO to boost manufacturingnews Mike Stones 23 Oct 25 0Robinson Helicopter Company has recruited aviation industry veteran Glenn WE Ford as its new chief operations officer (COO) to boost manufacturing capacity and efficiency. Ford… Read more
HI Uplift: Blueberry Aviation HEMS report signals slow aheadnews Mike Stones 17 Oct 25 0Slow ahead is the prediction for growth in the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services market, according to the latest report from rotary and fixed-wing sales specialist… Read more
Heli hires: NHV makes two senior appointmentsnews Mike Stones 16 Oct 25 0Helicopter services company NHV Group has made two senior appointments – promoting Mike Gislam to the role of operations director and Gitte Eriksen to the… Read more
Heli charters in Indonesia fuelled by city flights and touristsnews Mike Stones 16 Oct 25 0Helicopter charter in Indonesia is being fuelled by flights around cities and to tourist destinations, according to Saladin Siregar, key account management for Passenger Air… Read more
