Astro selected as NASA’s latest UAMG partnernews Alasdair Whyte 8 Mar 19 0Autonomous eVTOL manufacturer Astro Aerospace has been selected as NASA’s newest urban air mobility partner. Astro will join more than 400 other private and public… Read more
Aero Asset helicopter brokerage debuts at HAInews Terry Spruce 8 Mar 19 0HAI Heli-Expo, Atlanta, GA:- Aero Asset, the new global helicopter brokerage from established international helicopter sales professionals Emmanuel Dupuy, William Sturm and Valerie Pereira, formally… Read more
Sikorsky announces S-92A+ and S-92Bnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Mar 19 0Lockheed-owned helicopter company Sikorsky has unveiled two new variants of its popular S92 helicopter – the S-92A+ and the S-92B. The S-92A+ will be a… Read more
Airbus sells 21 helicopters to Air Medical Groupnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Mar 19 0Airbus Helicopters has signed an agreement with Air Medical Group to sell 21 helicopters for air medical transport missions. The agreement is for a mix… Read more
PAL-V reveals flying car production modelnews Alasdair Whyte 6 Mar 19 0VTOL start-up PAL-V unveiled the production model of its Liberty Pioneer flying car at the Geneva Motor Show today. The concept for the combined automobile… Read more
Kopter announces new facility in Louisiananews Alasdair Whyte 6 Mar 19 0Switzerland’s Kopter Group has announced plans to open a new helicopter production facility for its SH09 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Andreas Löwenstein, the group’s CEO, made… Read more
Enstrom deliverers 280FX to Golf Tangonews Alasdair Whyte 6 Mar 19 0Enstrom has announced the on-time delivery of its new light piston 280FX to French flight-training company Golf Tango at Heli Expo 2019. The aircraft will… Read more
Thailand to get six more Enstrom 480Bsnews Terry Spruce 6 Mar 19 0Menominee MI, March, 2019 –Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has announced the sale of six turbine powered 480B aircraft to M-Landarch, the Enstrom Representative in Thailand. The… Read more
Honeywell predicts 4,000 civil helicopter deliveries over the next five yearsnews Alasdair Whyte 5 Mar 19 0Aviation systems manufacturer Honeywell estimates that 4,000 aircraft will be delivered to the civil helicopter market between 2019 and 2023. A new forecast revealed at… Read more
LCI delivers two Leonardo helicopters to Weststarnews Alasdair Whyte 5 Mar 19 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) has delivered two new Leonardo Helicopters – an AW139 and AW189 — to Weststar Aviation Services on operating leases to Malaysia.… Read more
Airbus reveals updated H145news Alasdair Whyte 5 Mar 19 0Airbus Helicopters has unveiled a new version of its light-twin H145 at Heli-Expo 2019. The new version brings an innovative five-bladed rotor to the aircraft… Read more
Enstrom 280FX upgradesnews Terry Spruce 5 Mar 19 0Menominee MI, March, 2019 – Enstrom Helicopter continues to invest in their piston line with improvements they debuted at Heli-Expo in Atlanta. The newest 280FX… Read more
Luxaviation launches helicopter charter alliancenews Alasdair Whyte 4 Mar 19 0Luxaviation Helicopters has kicked off Heli Expo 2019 with the launch of a new global helicopter charter alliance – named the Luxaviation Charter Alliance. The… Read more
Bristow announces new CEO and CFOnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Mar 19 0Under the eyes of corporate law firms investigating Bristow for potential securities fraud, the company has just appointed a new CEO to take the helm… Read more
Victoria Police order three AW139snews Alasdair Whyte 28 Feb 19 0Australia’s Victoria Police Air Wing service has added three Leonardo AW139s to its fleet. They will be supplied by local seller StarFlight Victoria and used… Read more
Kopter completes initial SH09 third prototype testsnews Alasdair Whyte 28 Feb 19 0P3, the third prototype of Kopter SH09, has completed more than 50 hours of initial test flights in Switzerland. This prototype has climbed to 5,000ft,… Read more
Key shareholder calls PHI’s silence “troubling”, PHI responds.news Alasdair Whyte 27 Feb 19 0One of PHI’s largest shareholders Timothy Stabosz has penned an open letter to the helicopter operator asking it to address and rebut recent coverage of… Read more
Rise of illegal drone incidents across the UKnews Alasdair Whyte 27 Feb 19 0 According to Freedom of Information requests submitted by Sky News, reported drone incidents in the UK have increased by around 40% over the past… Read more
Airbus Vahana flies 50 test flightsnews Alasdair Whyte 26 Feb 19 0Almost a year ago, Airbus showed off the first full-scale test flight of its prototype VTOL – Vahana. Last week, Airbus A3 revealed that Vahana… Read more
Babcock secures five-year Santos offshore contractnews Alasdair Whyte 25 Feb 19 0Babcock Australasia has been awarded a five-year contract by Australian energy company Santos to transport personnel to and from oil rigs in Karratha, Western Australia.… Read more
