Bell Textron Canada completes 6,000th aircraft at Quebec facilitynews Yves Le Marquand 15 May 25 0Bell Textron Canada has finished building its 6,000th commercial aircraft at the firm’s Commercial Delivery and Assembly Centre in Mirabel, Quebec. The company hit the… Read more
Leonardo helicopter deliveries soften but orders jumpnews Fayaz Hussain 14 May 25 0Leonardo experienced a dip in first-quarter helicopter deliveries from a year ago but still saw increased revenues and earnings with more activity surrounding its dual-use… Read more
HI Uplift: LCI leases seven AW169s to Babcock Canada for EMS missionsnews Mike Stones 21 Nov 24 0LCI has bought seven new Leonardo AW169 helicopters, in emergency medical services (EMS) configuration, for lease to Babcock Canada as part of a move to… Read more
LCI leases seven new AW169s to Babcock Canada for EMS missionsnews Mike Stones 20 Nov 24 0Operating lessor LCI has bought seven new Leonardo AW169 helicopters, in emergency medical services (EMS) configuration, for lease to Babcock Canada. The helicopters are being placed… Read more
Blade deal forms North America’s largest UAM businessnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Dec 21 0Blade Urban Air Mobility acquired scheduled helicopter operator Helijet International’s flights, making it the largest urban air mobility service in North America. For $12m, Blade… Read more
Bell delivers three 505s to Canadanews Alasdair Whyte 26 Jun 17 0Bell Helicopters has delivered three of its new rotorcraft, the 505 Jet Ranger X to three separate Canadian customers. The three rotorcraft are configured for… Read more
Bell Helicopter makes 60 further redundancies at Mirabel plantnews Alasdair Whyte 25 Apr 16 0Bell Helicopter is to axe up to 60 jobs at its manufacturing facility in Mirabel in Canada. The latest cuts are in addition to the… Read more
Bell sells three 407GXP helicopters to North American marketnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0Bell signed a deal to sell three 407GXP helicopters at Heli-Expo 2016 in Kentucky last month. This included one for an unnamed private customer based in Newfoundland,… Read more
Bell completes delivery of fifteen 429s to Canadian Coast Guardnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Mar 16 0Bell Helicopter has manufactured and delivered 15 Bell 429s to the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) following the awarding of a contract in May 2014. The final… Read more
HNZ expands through creation of Acasta HeliFlightnews Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 16 0HNZ Group has taken a majority shareholding Acasta HeliFlight. HNZ has invested approximately 3.4 million Canadian Dollars. The new company is being led by Adam… Read more
200 more job losses at Bellnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Feb 16 0Bell Helicopter will reduce its Mirabel workforce by 200 in March. The company has now cut 700 jobs since the Summer 2014. The latest round… Read more
Erickson renews Western Canada timber contractnews Terry Spruce 5 Feb 16 0Erickson Incorporated has renewed a contract with Canadian aerial heavy lift company Helifor Canada, a subsidiary of Columbia Helicopters, to provide aerial timber harvesting services in British… Read more
