Heli Expo 2018: Order round-upnews Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 18 0The whole concept of orders being announced at airshows is ridiculous. Any multiple order involves hours of negotiations and pouring over contracts. Customers have not… Read more
Italdesign and Airbus partner with Audi for car-and-drone conceptnews Alasdair Whyte 8 Mar 18 0Design firm Italdesign and Airbus have partnered with car manufacturer Audi to develop the Pop.Up.Next – an updated prototype of the partnership’s fully-electric automobile and… Read more
SBAIR appointed official distributor and service centre of Airbus Helicopters in Turkeynews Alasdair Whyte 8 Mar 18 0Airbus Helicopters has appointed SB Havacılık A.Ş. (SBAIR) as its new distributor and service center in Turkey. The Istanbul based company will represent the European… Read more
Babcock to operate the first fleet of H160snews Terry Spruce 2 Mar 18 0Las Vegas, 1 March 2018 – Babcock is set to become the global launch customer for the H160 after signing a five year frame agreement… Read more
Pegaso firms up H175 follow-on ordernews Terry Spruce 1 Mar 18 0Las Vegas, 28th February 2018 – Mexican Oil&Gas operator Transportes Aéreos Pegaso has signed for an additional H175, bringing to four the number of orders… Read more
Heli Expo 2018: The OEM perspectivenews Alasdair Whyte 28 Feb 18 0On the day before Heli Expo opened its doors to the public in Las Vegas, a group of movers and shakers in helicopter transactions met… Read more
Metro Aviation orders 25 Airbus EC145e helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 28 Feb 18 0Airbus Helicopters Inc. announced Tuesday that Metro Aviation Inc. had ordered an unprecedented 25 EC145e helicopters that it will place into service providing air medical… Read more
LCI expands CHC partnership with second H175news Terry Spruce 27 Feb 18 027th February, 2018 – Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation division of the Libra Group, has today announced that it is expanding its partnership with… Read more
Helicopters – is the market still just hovering or about to rise?news Alasdair Whyte 23 Feb 18 0According to the latest figures from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) 926 helicopter units were shipped in 2017, 7.5% up on the 861 delivered… Read more
H160 coming to Heli-Exponews Alasdair Whyte 22 Feb 18 0The Airbus H160 Prototype will be on display at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada next week – marking the first time the prototype helicopter has… Read more
Almost 85% of people will not fly in an unmanned aircraftnews Alasdair Whyte 20 Feb 18 0Despite a large influx of autonomous aircraft development in 2017, the vast majority of people are still unwilling to fly in an unmanned/pilotless aircraft. Helicopter… Read more
Bruno Even Appointed CEO of Airbus Helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Feb 18 0Amsterdam, 14 February 2018 – Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) has appointed Bruno Even, 49, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Airbus Helicopters, effective 1… Read more
Singapore Airshow: Leonardo and Airbus talk expansionnews Alasdair Whyte 9 Feb 18 0The big news from the Singapore Airshow today has come from Leonardo and Airbus. Both OEMs have announced they are planning to greatly expand their market… Read more
Airbus flies ‘Skyways’ dronenews Alasdair Whyte 9 Feb 18 0Airbus Helicopters flew its parcel delivery drone Skyways for the first time in Singapore today. The unmanned air vehicle took off from a maintenance centre… Read more
Singapore Airshow – Day 1 Helicopter newsnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Feb 18 0All eyes are on the Singapore Airshow this week. The trade show opened yesterday with a smattering of new orders and a lot of talk… 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 delivers H125 to TransCanadanews Alasdair Whyte 4 Jan 18 0Airbus has delivered an H125 to Toronto energy firm TransCanada PipeLines. TransCanada PipeLines builds and maintains a 91,500 km network of gas pipelines, which supplies… Read more
CityAirbus ready for electric propulsion testsnews Alasdair Whyte 20 Dec 17 0Airbus has completed and powered on its on-ground test bench for its upcoming VTOL CityAirbus, readying the aircraft for electric propulsion verification testing. The first… 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 completes Project Eagle flight testnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Dec 17 0Airbus has completed the in-flight validation of its experimental on-board image processing system named Project Eagle. The system is designed to perform automatic approaches and… Read more
