Japan Coast Guard orders H225 for fleet renewalnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Mar 16 0The Japan Coast Guard has ordered an additional H225 helicopter, the delivery of which will take their fleet to six, although it is not expected… Read more
Metro Aviation sells first EC145 e-litenews Alasdair Whyte 14 Mar 16 0Metro Aviation has committed to buy six EC145e e-lite helicopters. The EC145 e-lite is the utility variant developed to provide greater useful load by reducing… Read more
Police Scotland upgrade to H135news Alasdair Whyte 14 Mar 16 0Police Scotland has signed a new contract with Bond Air Services for seven years starting 1st October 2016. The contact also sees an upgrade from… Read more
Wales Air Ambulance to upgrade to H145 fleetnews Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 16 0Wales Air Ambulance will upgrade their helicopter fleet. Currently they operate H135s, but Bond Air Services will upgrade the fleet with new H145s. After starting… Read more
Heli-Expo – Heli-One increase Stavangar capabilitiesnews Alasdair Whyte 3 Mar 16 0Heli-One are adding a range of new capabilities at their Stavangar overhaul centre. The company is adding overhaul capabilities for the Turbomeca Makila 2A and… Read more
Heli-Expo – Hillsboro Aviation to represent Airbus in seven US statesnews Alasdair Whyte 2 Mar 16 0Hillsboro Aviation has been named as the exclusive Airbus Helicopters commercial sales agent for seven US states. The exclusive sales agent agreement is the first… Read more
Heli-Expo – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Advanced Response Team orders Airbus H135news Alasdair Whyte 2 Mar 16 0DHART has ordered a H135 helicopter. It will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2016. The aircraft will be used to replace an older… Read more
Heli-Expo – Airbus H175 global fleet reaches 3,000 hoursnews Alasdair Whyte 2 Mar 16 0The global Airbus H175 fleet has now achieved a total of 3,000 flying hours. One aircraft, delivered in December 2014, accounts for one third of… Read more
Airbus Helicopters adds two to Executive Committeenews Alasdair Whyte 29 Feb 16 0Airbus Helicopters has added two new members to its Executive Committee. Ben Bridge has become Executive VP Global Business, and will report directly to Airbus… Read more
Airbus take five helicopters to Heli-Exponews Alasdair Whyte 29 Feb 16 0Airbus Helicopters will take five aircraft to this years Heli-Expo. The exhibition will take place at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville. The five helicopters… Read more
Air Zermatt upgrades H135 upgrade in-housenews Alasdair Whyte 22 Feb 16 0Air Zermatt has become the first company to upgrade a Airbus Helicopters H135 in-house. The Swiss Using a kit shipped from Airbus Helicopters factory in Germany,… Read more
Indonesian property developer orders twelve H130snews Alasdair Whyte 22 Feb 16 0The Indonesian press is reporting that property developer Jababeka has ordered twelve Airbus H130 helicopters. The company plans on starting a shuttle service between the… Read more
Helisim to build H160 full-flight simulatornews Alasdair Whyte 10 Feb 16 0Helisim will develop a full-flight simulator (FFS) for the Airbus Helicopters H160. The FFS is based on the Thales Reality H series training simulator, which… Read more
EASA approves automatic rig approaches for Airbus H225news Alasdair Whyte 10 Feb 16 0EASA has approved an avionics enhancement on the Airbus H225. The modification is designed to provide automatic rig approaches for offshore operations. The Rig N… Read more
Airbus demonstrates H145 in various offshore rolesnews Alasdair Whyte 5 Feb 16 0Airbus Helicopters has recently taken a demonstrator H145 helicopter to the German coast to demonstrate the fenestron-tail aircraft in a variety of different roles. Working… Read more
Airbus Helicopters delivers first of three H145s to Pacific Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 28 Jan 16 0Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first of three H145 helicopters to Pacific Helicopters in Papua New Guinea. The first H145, leased from Waypoint Leasing, has… Read more
Second H160 prototype fliesnews Terry Spruce 27 Jan 16 0The second Airbus Helicopters H160 prototype has begun test flying at Marignane and has joined the first H160 in the program. The second H160 performed… Read more
Airbus Helicopters maintains its market leadnews Terry Spruce 27 Jan 16 0Airbus Helicopters delivered 395 rotorcraft from the company’s civil, parapublic and military product lines in 2015, strengthening its leading position on the civil & parapublic… Read more
Airbus Helicopters raises the MTOW of the H145 to 3,700kgnews Terry Spruce 21 Jan 16 0EASA has certificated an increased maximum take-off weight (MTOW) for the Airbus Helicopters H145. The helicopter can carry an extra 50kg, raising the MTOW to… Read more
Shaanxi Province orders an Airbus Helicopters H155news Terry Spruce 14 Jan 16 0China’s Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Department has placed an order with Airbus Helicopters for one H155 medium helicopter. The aircraft will be delivered early and… Read more
