HI Uplift: Airbus opens new UK home with royal visitor and a pledgenews Mike Stones 19 Sep 24 0Airbus has celebrated the opening of its new £55m headquarters for Airbus Helicopters UK with a commitment to long-term industry support in the country, as… 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
HI Uplift: ESG – box ticker or business drivernews Mike Stones 15 Jul 24 0ESG: three letters, one cumbersome term standing for environmental, social and governance. But what does it mean? And is it important for the global helicopter… Read more
HeliService to use SAF for Baltic Eagle crew transportnews Fayaz Hussain 23 May 24 0Sustainable energy solutions provider Vestas launched a pilot project to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on helicopters used to transport technicians and jack-up vessel crew… Read more
Airbus Helicopters’ Racer demonstrator makes maiden flightnews Mike Stones 1 May 24 0Airbus Helicopters’ demonstrator helicopter Racer has made its maiden flight at the manufacturer’s Marignane facility in southern France. The helicopter flew for about 30 minutes to… Read more
LCI Analytics launched to probe rotorcraft and AAM sectorsnews Mike Stones 24 Jan 24 0Operating lessor LCI has launched LCI Analytics, a new division, to deliver advisory, consultancy and research services dedicated to mission critical rotorcraft and the advanced… Read more
HI Uplift: RIVE on track to raise €550m for its Transportation Assets Fund by 2025news Mike Stones 11 Jan 24 0Paris-based European investment company RIVE is on track to raise €550m ($602m) for its RIVE Transportation Assets Income Fund (RTAIF), by 2025. The fund, which… Read more
Leading Lytes: Kookiejar and Lyte Aviation explore launch of cargo deliverynews Yves Le Marquand 19 Dec 23 0Lyte Aviation is partnering with Swedish drone and vertiport infrastructure specialist Kookiejar to explore the development of a heavy payload cargo delivery service. Initially targeting… Read more
HI joins first London Biggin Hill Heli Shuttle service powered by SAFnews Mike Stones 13 Dec 23 0Helicopter Investor joined the first London Biggin Hill Airport Heli Shuttle service to London Heliport powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) on Monday December 11th,… Read more
Eve and Flexjet conduct real-time software trialnews Yves Le Marquand 30 Nov 23 0Eve and Flexjet have conducted a real-time software trial to test the feasibility of UAM operations. The simulation took place over four days in November at Flexjet’s Tactical… Read more
RIVE Partners with Safran To Accelerate Helicopter Operation Decarbonisationnews Mike Stones 30 Nov 23 0RIVE Private Investment (RIVE) has partnered with Safran Helicopter Engines to accelerate the decarbonisation of helicopter operations. The exclusive partnership agreement will allow RIVE to… Read more
Looking to operations: Lyte Aviation partners with Volatus Infrastructure & Energynews Yves Le Marquand 29 Nov 23 0Lyte Aviation has partnered with Volatus Infrastructure & Energy Solutions (VI&E) to explore ecosystem requirements for operations such as landing pads, refuelling and charging. Founded… Read more
HI Uplift: LCI & SMFL launch Social Loan Framework in $1.6trn sustainable finance marketnews Mike Stones 9 Nov 23 0LCI and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co (SMFL) have launched the first Social Loan Framework for helicopter leasing, finance and operations, targeting the $1.6trn… Read more
LCI & SMFL launch Social Loan Framework for heli leasing, finance and opsnews Mike Stones 9 Nov 23 0LCI and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co (SMFL) have launched the first Social Loan Framework for helicopter leasing, finance and operations to exploit the… Read more
Airbus Helicopters reveals H145 PioneerLab flying laboratorynews Mike Stones 25 Sep 23 0Airbus Helicopters has revealed its new twin-engine technology demonstrator, called PioneerLab, based on the H145 platform. The demonstrator will test technologies that reduce helicopter emissions,… Read more
HI Uplift: Heli demand for offshore wind sector takes off – on both sides of Atlanticinsight Mike Stones 14 Jul 23 0Helicopter demand to service the offshore wind power sector is taking off – on both sides of the Atlantic. After the US received delivery of… Read more
Tour de France helicopters to be powered by SAFnews Mike Stones 10 Jul 23 0Helicopters supporting this year’s Tour de France cycle race are being powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), with supplies more widely available than during the… Read more
Get Heli launches ‘cheap’ heli-pooling service for UK’s Glastonbury Festivalnews Mike Stones 23 Jun 23 0Get Heli, the online helicopter charter platform, is launching a low-cost heli-pooling service for visitors to this year’s UK Glastonbury Festival, which begins in the… Read more
CHC Helicopter launches flight planning software to verify CO2 emissionsnews Mike Stones 21 Jun 23 0Rotary services company CHC Helicopter has launched proprietary flight planning software, branded as ClearSkies to verify CO2 emissions. Available to clients on CHC’s AW139, AW189… Read more
Airbus H125 completes first SAF-powered heli flight in Chinanews Mike Stones 14 Jun 23 0An Airbus H125 helicopter, powered by a Safran Ariel 2D engine, has completed the first Sustainable Aviation Fuel powered helicopter flight in China. The flight… Read more
