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
Corporate Jet Investor Quarterly: Top 10 eVTOL pioneers and morenews Mike Stones 13 Jun 23 0The top 10 leading eVTOL pioneers are profiled in the latest edition of Corporate Jet Investor Quarterly (CJIQ). Alongside the future of air taxis, we… Read more
Luxaviation launches ‘eco-friendly’ charter travel management appnews Mike Stones 6 Jun 23 0Helicopter and fixed wing specialist Luxaviation Group has launched a live charter travel management app, which is said to include “eco-friendly” travel options. The Luxaviation… Read more
Westar to bring Leonardo’s AW609 tiltrotor to Malaysia and signs five-heli dealnews Mike Stones 30 May 23 0Westar Aviation is to bring Leonardo’s AW609 tiltrotor to Malaysia, marking the aircraft’s entry into the South-East Asia market. Offshore helicopter services company has also… Read more
PHI Aviation appoints new director of Sustainabilitynews Mike Stones 19 Apr 23 0PHI Aviation has appointed Jennifer Veilleux as its new director of Sustainability to create and deploy sustainability practices designed to help the company deliver its… Read more
Bell probes ‘multiple alternative propulsion architectures’news Mike Stones 27 Feb 23 0Bell is exploring “multiple propulsion architectures”, Eric Sinusas, director of Commercial Development Programs tells Helicopter Investor. Speaking after a Bell 505 completed the first flight… Read more
Bell 505 claims first single engine helicopter flight using 100% SAFnews Mike Stones 22 Feb 23 0Bell Textron is claiming a global first for a single engine helicopter flight powered solely by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), after a Bell 505 completed… Read more
Safran and France’s DGA fly NH90 on 100% SAFnews Mike Stones 17 Feb 23 0Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA), the French defence procurement agency and Safran have successfully flown a military helicopter with 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The… Read more
Airbus Helicopters claims 52% of civil market as ‘recovery consolidates’news Mike Stones 25 Jan 23 0Airbus Helicopters is claiming 52% of the civil and parapublic market, having logged 374 gross orders (362 net), with 216 light single engine helicopters sold last… Read more
Swiss Helicopter offers carbon neutral flightsnews Mike Stones 9 Jan 23 0The Swiss Helicopter company, based in Altstadt, Switzerland, has made all its passenger flights exclusively climate-neutral from the beginning of this year. The company –… Read more
LCI signs Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s Sustainability Charternews Mike Stones 28 Oct 22 0Leasing services company LCI has signed Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s (ALI’s) Sustainability Charter, which commits the business to 10 sustainability principles. The charter aims to drive… Read more
Airbus completes first 100% SAF-powered heli flightinsight Mike Stones 27 Jun 22 0Airbus has completed the first flight of its twin-engine H225 helicopter with both Safran Makila 2 engines powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). “This flight… Read more
