First Airbus Helicopter final assembly line in Chinanews Terry Spruce 2 Nov 15 0The first Airbus Helicopter final assembly line in China will be set up in cooperation with Sino-German Ecopark. A Letter of Intent (LOI) for the… Read more
Waypoint Leasing acquires 20 H135 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 9 Oct 15 0Waypoint Leasing has become the first lessor to acquire the Airbus Helicopters H135s, with an order for 20 helicopters at Helitech 2015. The 20 aircraft… Read more
Airbus Helicopters introduces new H145 Mercedes-Benz Stylenews Terry Spruce 7 Oct 15 0Airbus Helicopters has introduced a Mercedes-Benz Style VIP version of the H145. The helicopter made its UK debut at Helitech 2015. The company has received… Read more
Yorkshire Air Ambulance signs for H145news Terry Spruce 4 Oct 15 0Last week at Helitech, Yorkshire Air Ambulances (YAA) signed an agreement for a new H145 from Airbus Helicopters in the UK. The new helicopter, fitted with… Read more
Waypoint Leasing delivers first H145 to Papua New Guineanews Terry Spruce 29 Sep 15 0Waypoint Leasing has delivered the first Airbus H145 to Pacific Helicopters, Papua New Guinea. “This transaction validates the increasing importance of the H145 in meeting… Read more
Lee County Sheriff takes re-delivery of AS350 after major inspectionnews Terry Spruce 22 Sep 15 0Airbus Helicopters has re-delivered the Lee County Sheriff’s Office’s AS350 BA AStar helicopter, following its second 12-year Inspection. “We chose Airbus Helicopters Inc. to perform… Read more
Starspeed expands operations at Cotswold Airportnews Terry Spruce 21 Sep 15 0Starspeed is expanding its charter operations at Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire. The company will base an Airbus Helicopters H135 aircraft at Kemble. The helicopter is… Read more
Guangzhou Police acquires an H145 helicopternews Terry Spruce 21 Sep 15 0Guangzhou Police has ordered a H145 helicopter for law enforcement duties. The aircraft will be delivered at the end of 2016. “Helicopters are a great… Read more
Monacair acquires six H130 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 18 Sep 15 0Monacair has signed an order for six H130s. The company will use the the new helicopters on regular scheduled flights between Monaco Heliport to Nice… Read more
Four Airbus Helicopters at China Helicopter Exponews Terry Spruce 10 Sep 15 0Airbus Helicopters has confirmed its line-up of rotorcraft to be showcased at the China Helicopter Exposition 2015 The manufacturer will display one light single-engine H130,… Read more
Hong Kong GFS orders seven H175snews Terry Spruce 8 Sep 15 0Hong Kong-based Government Flying Services (GFS) has ordered seven Airbus Helicopters H175s, becoming the first customer for the public service configured H175. GFS is a… Read more
Guillaume Steuer joins Airbus Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 2 Sep 15 0Guillaume Steuer has joined Airbus Helicopters as head of External Communications. He will report to Yves Barillé vice president of Corporate Communications and will manage… Read more
Bond Offshore selects Heli-One for H225 maintenancenews Terry Spruce 2 Sep 15 0Heli-One has been chosen as Bond Offshore Helicopters’ service partner for an H225 (reg G-REDR), 9,000 hour G check. ALSO READ: Oil & gas industry… Read more
New H135 completes test campaign in Norwaynews Terry Spruce 2 Sep 15 0Airbus Helicopters have completed a series of tests with the new H135 rotorcraft in Norway. “Anyone can read a flight manual. We wanted to experience… Read more
NHV H175 logs 1,000 flight service hoursnews Terry Spruce 28 Aug 15 0NHV Group has logged the first 1,000 flight hours with the Airbus Helicopters H175. The 1,000 hours have been accumulated by NHV’s initial two H175s… Read more
JSSI launches AS350 parts only program at LABACEnews Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), has launched its new parts-only program for the full line of Airbus Helicopters AS350 rotorcraft. “We listened to AS350 owners… Read more
Metro delivers H125 to Coastal Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 10 Aug 15 0California-based Coastal Helicopters has taken delivery of a new Airbus Helicopters H125 (formerly the AS350 B3e). Coastal Helicopters now has a fleet of six various… Read more
Metro Aviation delivers first H145 T2 in North Americanews Terry Spruce 3 Aug 15 0Metro Aviation has delivered the first H145 T2 in North America to Dare MedFlight in North Carolina. It is the company’s 75th H145 completion. ALSO… Read more
Airbus Helicopters delivers first H135 to HTMnews Terry Spruce 30 Jul 15 0Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first H135 for offshore wind operations to Helicopter Travel Munich (HTM) in Germany. The company has contracts from ten windfarms… Read more
CHP and LAPD takes delivery of Airbus Helicopters H125snews Terry Spruce 16 Jul 15 0The California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) have taken delivery of new Airbus Helicopters H125s. The deliveries are part of… Read more