Olivier Dassault, French billionaire, MP and grandson of Marcel Dassault – founder of Dassault Aviation – died in a helicopter crash in Normandy, France on March 7th. His father, Serge Dassault was the former...
Milestone Aviation has added 11 Airbus H225 helicopters to the Air Center Helicopters, Inc (“ACHI”) fleet. The aircraft will be delivered throughout 2021 and 2022 and will be used for training and transport missions...
2021 will be a year of consolidation, NHV Helicopters CEO, Steffen Bay, told Helicopter/VTOL Investor. Bay expects activity levels to pick up once the vaccine rollout take effect and people feel confident to travel...
Helicopter 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 the central North Sea. The deal will see NHV...
“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 notably, the lessor was the first customer for the...
The rapidly developing offshore wind power generation industry is “a positive story” for the helicopter sector that will create demand for 126 units, valued at about $1bn, by 2030, according to Steve Robertson, principal...
Airbus Helicopters announced its orders and deliveries for 2020, indicating a 6% drop —to 48% — in its share of the civil and parapublic market. The company showed 289 gross orders (net: 268) and...
A 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 a remotely operated drone system for industrial and urban...
NHV 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 program. “We are delighted to continue building on our...
General 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 single passenger and will be fully autonomous. However, the...