Jeremy Akel joins Milestonenews Alasdair Whyte 13 Jun 18 0Jeremy Akel has been appointed as the executive vice president of commercial aviation at Milestone after leaving Bristow in 2016. Mr Akel will take up… Read more
EBACE Interview: Philip Queffelec on buyer trends and Switzerland’s helicopter marketinsight Alasdair Whyte 9 Jun 18 0Philip G Queffelec loves helicopters. That’s immediately apparent to anyone who talks to him. Whilst one of the company he chairs, Sparfell & Partners, sells… Read more
EBACE Interview: Charlotte Pedersen on the VIP market and working togetherinsight Alasdair Whyte 7 Jun 18 0Luxaviation is among of the world’s largest VIP and VVIP aircraft-operating and servicing companies. It provides charter, sales, management to business jet customers around the… Read more
RUAG achieves Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopter MRO approvals with reassembly capabilitiesnews Terry Spruce 6 Jun 18 0Emmen, Switzerland, 6 June 2018 – RUAG Aviation is named as one of the first helicopter services providers in Europe to earn OEM approvals for… Read more
Enstrom announces leadership changesnews Alasdair Whyte 6 Jun 18 0Tracy Biegler will be stepping down as CEO and president of Michigan design and manufacturing firm Enstrom Helicopter – with Matthew Francour succeeding him as… Read more
Waypoint Leasing: New Horizonsinsight Alasdair Whyte 4 Jun 18 0Waypoint, the world’s largest independent helicopter lessor, recently celebrated its five-year anniversary, having weathered one of the worst downturns in the history of the helicopter… Read more
Milestone completes purchase and leaseback for four S-92snews Alasdair Whyte 1 Jun 18 0Milestone has purchased four Sikorsky S-92s which it will lease back to the seller. This brings the GE-owned lessor’s fleet of S-92s to 95 –… Read more
Ex-Leonardo executives cleared from appearing in Indian courtnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Jun 18 0An on-going legal battle has resurfaced concerning two of the company’s former executives. The company’s former CEO Giuseppe Orsi and the former head of AgustaWestland… Read more
NHV awarded offshore contract by Nautical Petroleum/Cairn Energynews Terry Spruce 31 May 18 0Aberdeen – May 31st, 2018 – The NHV Group today announced a new contract with Nautical Petroleum, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cairn Energy LTD,… Read more
Luxaviation partners with Heliflitenews Alasdair Whyte 31 May 18 0Luxaviation has partnered with American operator Heliflite to expand its US Helicopter services and fleet into the US. This is the first international partnership for… Read more
Helicopter Services Malta Limited is launched at EBACE 2018news Terry Spruce 29 May 18 0Geneva, 28th May 2018 – A full-service helicopter management solution for both helicopter and superyacht owners covering the Mediterranean and beyond is being launched at… Read more
Kopter announces Garmin G3000H for baseline of SH09 helicopternews Terry Spruce 24 May 18 0Mollis, May 24th, 2018 – Kopter Group AG is proud to announce that the newly launched Garmin G3000H will be integrated into the SH09 single… Read more
Cormorant completes autonomous MedeVac demo flightnews Alasdair Whyte 24 May 18 0UrbanAero’s prototype Vtol has completed a fully autonomous flight demonstration in Yavne, Israel The ‘Cormorant’ Vtol prototype took on cargo an Megiddo airfield in Galilee… Read more
Airbus Aerial looking beyond line of sitenews Alasdair Whyte 23 May 18 0Airbus’s drone-services subsidiary Airbus Aerial will be working with the FAA to develop ‘beyond visible line of sight’ technologies. The FAA’s unmanned aircraft integration program… Read more
Air Zermatt takes delivery of one Bell 429news Alasdair Whyte 23 May 18 0Swiss helicopter rescue service Air Zermatt has taken delivery of one new Bell 429 aircraft — coinciding with the company’s 50-year anniversary. The company operates… Read more
Med-Trans opens new AeroCare VIII helicopter base in Plainview, Texasnews Terry Spruce 21 May 18 0Denton, Texas, May 21, 2018 – Leading air medical transport company Med-Trans Corporation has opened a new AeroCare medical helicopter base in Plainview, Texas, joining… Read more
Shattock leaves Babcock, joins bmi airwaysnews Alasdair Whyte 21 May 18 0Tim Shattock is putting the world of rotary aviation behind him, leaving global helicopter operator Babcock to assume the role of managing director at the… Read more
Flight on Marsnews Alasdair Whyte 16 May 18 0NASA will be sending an unmanned helicopter to Mars on the next Mars Rover mission in 2020. A small autonomous rotorcraft will be travelling 54.6… Read more
Helicopter shipments up for Q1news Alasdair Whyte 16 May 18 0Helicopter shipments are back up for the first quarter of 2018 after last year’s deliveries slump. The number of helicopters sent for delivery so far… Read more
Workhorse flies SureFlynews Alasdair Whyte 14 May 18 0Electric transport company Workhorse has flown its personal vtol aircraft for the first time. Workhorse’s SureFly vtol took off on its first untethered flight just… Read more
