H160 sets off on a North American demo tournews Alasdair Whyte 2 Mar 18 0As Heli-Expo draws to a close, the Las Vegas experience for the H160 is about to take off as the aircraft is set to perform… Read more
Airbus Helicopters Partners with TRAXXALL Technologies for Maintenance Tracking System and Inventory Controlnews Terry Spruce 1 Mar 18 0Montreal, February 28, 2018 – TRAXXALL Technologies, providers of a highly innovative aircraft maintenance tracking and inventory management system, today announced a partnership with Airbus… Read more
Airbus Helicopters partners with Blade to boost Urban Air Mobility businessnews Terry Spruce 1 Mar 18 0Las Vegas, 28 February 2018 – Airbus Helicopters and Fly Blade, Inc. (“Blade”), a digitally-powered aviation leader servicing 22 core routes in 7 U.S. states,… Read more
Leonardo drops UH-72A legal battlenews Alasdair Whyte 14 Feb 18 0Leonardo Helicopters is no longer pursuing its legal action against the US Army for the purchase of further UH-72As, allowing the Army to go ahead… Read more
Voom joins Airbus Helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 14 Feb 18 0Digital helicopter-booking platform Voom has joined Airbus Helicopters as an exclusive on-demand service. Voom was first launched in April 2017 as part of the Airbus’s… Read more
Airbus deliveries and orders fell in 2017news Alasdair Whyte 22 Jan 18 0Airbus Helicopters saw a drop in both deliveries and orders in 2017 compared to 2016. The French manufacturer delivered 409 helicopters in 2017, less than… Read more
George Xu appointed CEO of Airbus Chinanews Alasdair Whyte 11 Jan 18 0George Xu will be rejoining Airbus as the head of its China business. Xu (pictured) will be heading up all helicopter and commercial aircraft operations… Read more
Airbus Helicopter CEO moves to commercialnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Dec 17 0Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury will succeed Fabrice Brégier as the president of Airbus commercial aircraft as part of a management shakeup within the group. Brégier… Read more
Airbus ceases H120 productionnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Dec 17 0Airbus Helicopters has ended serial production of the H120. It ceased production after it cleared its orderbook, delivering the last H120 in September from the… Read more
National 119 Rescue Headquarters buys two H225 helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 22 Nov 17 0Airbus Helicopters has won a contract to supply two extra H225 helicopters to South Korea’s National 119 Rescue Headquarters. The National 119 Rescue Headquarters currently… Read more
Airbus and NHV celebrates three years of the H175news Alasdair Whyte 6 Oct 17 0Airbus and H175 launch customer NHV are celebrating three years of H175 operations. NHV started flying the first two Airbus H175s on North Sea offshore… Read more
Airbus investigation shines light on Avinco ownershipinsight Alasdair Whyte 22 Sep 17 0Airbus has launched an internal investigation into allegations of €16.2 million worth of payments by two companies associated with the manufacturer after the Guardian newspaper… Read more
Airbus Helicopters and CMIG Leasing agree to strengthen relationshipnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Sep 17 0Airbus Helicopters and CMIG Leasing have strengthened their partnership with a new agreement at this week’s China Helicopter Expo. The two companies have agreed to… Read more
First H145 flight simulator receives EASA Level D certificationnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Sep 17 0The world’s first H145 flight simulator, at Airbus Helicopters’ German Training Academy, has received the highest possible certification by the German Federal Aviation Office. The European… Read more
Norsk Luftambulanse takes delivery of first civil Helionix H135news Alasdair Whyte 6 Sep 17 0Norwegian air ambulance operator Norsk Luftambulanse AS (NOLAS) has taken delivery of the first civilian Helionix avionics equipped Airbus Helicopters H135. This first civilian delivery… Read more
Japan Coast Guard tops up H225 ordernews Alasdair Whyte 21 Jun 17 0The Japan Coast Guard has placed a follow on order with Airbus for the delivery of three H225 helicopters. In total, the Japan Coast Guard… Read more
NHV H175 fleet reaches 10,000 flight hoursnews Terry Spruce 3 Mar 17 0The NHV Group Airbus Helicopters H175 fleet has logged its first 10,000 flight hours. The 10,000 hours have been accumulated by NHV’s fleet of eight… Read more
Alain Flourens joins Airbus Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 3 Mar 17 0Alain Flourens, currently head of the A380 Programme, will join Airbus Helicopters as head of engineering on 1 July 2017. Flourens replaces Jean-Brice Dumont who… Read more
NHV starts H175 operations for Maersk Oil out of Esbjergnews Terry Spruce 2 Sep 16 0NHV has started H175 helicopter operations in Denmark for Maersk Oil. The contract provides passenger and freight transport services to Maersk Oil installations in the… Read more
Airbus Helicopters delivers first H175 to the South Americanews Alasdair Whyte 24 Aug 16 0Airbus Helicopters have delivered a new 7-ton class helicopter in Mexico, where it has joined the fleet of Transportes Aéreos Pegaso. This makes Transportes Aéreos… Read more
