Milestone Aviation leases 11 Airbus H225s to Air Centernews Alasdair Whyte 12 Feb 21 0Milestone Aviation has added 11 Airbus H225 helicopters to the Air Center Helicopters, Inc (“ACHI”) fleet. The aircraft will be delivered throughout 2021 and 2022… Read more
TRAXXALL welcomes Jim Coates to its rotorcraft operationsnews Alasdair Whyte 9 Feb 21 0TRAXXALL, the maintenance tracking company, announced that Jim Coates has joined its team as an Aircraft Maintenance Analyst. Coates will support clients by ensuring that… Read more
Third prototype Kopter SH09 flies after major retrofitnews Terry Spruce 5 Feb 21 04 February 2021 – The SH09 third prototype (P3) recently took off, at Mollis, Switzerland, following a major modification. This was part of the planned product development… Read more
Leonardo celebrates the AW139 helicopter’s 20th anniversary of its first flightnews Terry Spruce 5 Feb 21 0Rome, Italy – 3 February 2021 – Leonardo celebrates the 20th anniversary of the AW139 helicopter’s maiden flight. The first aircraft took to the skies… Read more
NHV wins offshore contract with Neptune Energy Aberdeennews Mike Stones 1 Feb 21 0Helicopter operator NHV Group, based in Ostend Belgium, has won an 18-month contract with Neptune Energy Aberdeen to support its offshore Seagull Field development in… Read more
Town Hall: Milestone Aviation ‘completed 65 transactions in 2020’news Alasdair Whyte 1 Feb 21 0“We completed 65 transactions in 2020,” Sebastien Moulin, head of Europe & Americas at Milestone Aviation Group, told Helicopter Investor’s Town Hall online meeting. Most… Read more
Airbus Helicopters market share down to 48% in 2020news Alasdair Whyte 27 Jan 21 0Airbus Helicopters announced its orders and deliveries for 2020, indicating a 6% drop —to 48% — in its share of the civil and parapublic market.… Read more
Sees.ai and partners win £30m to develop advanced drone systemnews Alasdair Whyte 22 Jan 21 0A consortium of 16 companies led by specialist drone command and control solution developer, sees.ai, has won a share of £30m to develop and test… Read more
Milestone leasing two five blade H145s to NHVnews Alasdair Whyte 22 Jan 21 0NHV Group is leasing two five-bladed H145s from Milestone Aviation. The aircraft are being used to support NHV’s contract with Germany’s Federal Armed Forces’ training… Read more
General Motors unveils Cadillac aerial mobility conceptnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Jan 21 0General Motors has entered the aerial mobility space after the unveiling of Cadillac-designed concept at the Consumer Electronics Show 2021. The concept currently accommodates a… Read more
Aero Asset reports fourth quarter preowned twin-engine helicopter market improvesnews Terry Spruce 18 Jan 21 0Toronto, Ontario, 18 January 2021 – Aero Asset reports that while the preowned twin engine helicopter market continued to recover in the fourth quarter of… Read more
Volocopter to bring electric air taxi services to US citiesnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Jan 21 0German air taxi start-up Volocopter announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accepted its application for Type Certificate validation on December 22nd 2020. Volocopter has… Read more
EHang to offer aerial sightseeing in autonomous EH216news Alasdair Whyte 14 Jan 21 0Autonomous eVTOL manufacturer EHang took a step closer to commercial operations on January 8th, as it flew 36 passengers on a sightseeing tour via its… Read more
Blade and Ross Aviation to build vertiport at Westchesternews Alasdair Whyte 12 Jan 21 0Blade Urban Air Mobility and Ross Aviation have entered into a strategic alliance to expedite the roll-out of urban air mobility services. Blade plans to… Read more
Fabio Nannoni of Leonardo Helicopters wins two prestigious awardsnews Terry Spruce 6 Jan 21 0Fabio Nannoni, Senior Vice President for Safety Management Governance at Leonardo Helicopters, has been commended with two impressive accolades from two prestigious and respected bodies… Read more
ÖAMTC Air Rescue starts fleet modernisation with five Airbus H135 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 18 Dec 20 0Donauwörth, 18 December 2020 – Airbus Helicopters and ÖAMTC Air Rescue have signed a firm contract for the purchase of five H135s. The delivery of… Read more
Héli-Union to purchase two Airbus H160 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 18 Dec 20 0Marignane, 18 December 2020 – Airbus Helicopters and its historical partner Héli-Union have signed a contract for the purchase of two multi-mission H160s to address… Read more
Blade to go public via SPAC at $825mnews Alasdair Whyte 16 Dec 20 0Helicopter operator Blade is the latest company to go public via a merger with blank check company Experience Investment Corp., an affiliate of KSL Capital… Read more
Erickson announces final FAA certification of the composite main rotor blades of the S-64F and CH-54Bnews Terry Spruce 4 Dec 20 04 December 2020 – Portland, OR. – Erickson Incorporated has announced final FAA certification for the composite main rotor blades on the S-64F and CH-54B.… Read more
Bell opens Global Commercial Business Centernews Terry Spruce 1 Dec 20 0Fort Worth, TX – 1 December 2020 – Bell Textron announces the opening of the Bell Commercial Business Center (CBC). The new facility will be… Read more
