Bell sells two 429s to EDICnews Alasdair Whyte 14 May 18 0Bell has signed an agreement to sell two of its 429 helicopters to EDIC Horizon International Flight Academy. The UAE-based training school flies an all-Bell… Read more
Metro Aviation expands presence in North Carolinanews Terry Spruce 10 May 18 0Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s AirCare, a hospital-based air medical program, is the newest member of the Metro Aviation family, joining other North Carolina Metro… Read more
Metro Aviation delivers Airbus H125 to Jujuy Province in Argentinanews Terry Spruce 8 May 18 0Metro Aviation recently delivered a completed Airbus H125 to the Government of Jujuy Province in Argentina. The multi-mission aircraft will be utilized for firefighting, air medical… Read more
Frank Stephenson will design the Lilium Jet.news Alasdair Whyte 27 Apr 18 0eVtol start-up Lilium has hired famed car designer, Frank Stephenson, as its new head of product design. This is Mr Stephenson’s first foray into the… Read more
DARPA cans X-Planenews Alasdair Whyte 27 Apr 18 0The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has pulled the plug on the Aurora Flight Sciences experimental defence Vtol, the X-Plane. But Aurora’s air taxi… Read more
Bell cuts 120 jobsnews Alasdair Whyte 26 Apr 18 0Bell is planning to lay off 120 employees across the company due to challenging market conditions – the company announced in a statement on the… Read more
Waypoint leases one H135T3 to ALTnews Alasdair Whyte 26 Apr 18 0Waypoint Leasing has leased one H135T3 to German aviation service provider ALT to be used for pilot training. This is the seventh H135 Waypoint has… Read more
Airbus sells additional H225 to JCGnews Alasdair Whyte 26 Apr 18 0Airbus has secured an additional order for one H225 with the Japan Coastguard (JCG), extending on its existing fleet of eight Super Pumas. With this… Read more
HI talks to Sikorsky’s Dana Fiatarone – Weathering the downturninsight Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 18 0If any single helicopter manufacturer has turned the drop off in oil and gas missions into a positive, that one is Sikorsky. The manufacturer has… Read more
AHS re-brands as ‘Vertical Flight Society’news Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 18 0American Helicopter Society (AHS) International is rebranding itself as the Vertical Flight Society, to better represent an increasing number of non-helicopter vertical flight companies joining… Read more
Russian Helicopters gives new light helicopter and UAV updatesnews Alasdair Whyte 24 Apr 18 0Russian Helicopters is aiming to have a prototype of its new light-utility helicoter ready by the end of 2019, as well as launching the first… Read more
Xcel becomes first US operator to be granted BVLOS exemptionnews Alasdair Whyte 20 Apr 18 0One of the most-pernickety regulations hampering the commercial drone market from taking off right now are the beyond visual line-of-sight regulations, or BVLOS for short.… Read more
Canada invests $49.5 million into helicopter innovationnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Apr 18 0The Canadian Government is investing CAD$49.5 million into a new helicopter technology consortium led by Bell Helicopter Textron Canada. The government aim is to support… Read more
Bell – selling more, getting lessnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Apr 18 0Bell delivered 46 commercial helicopters in the first quarter of 2018, up from the 27 sold in the same period last year, but revenues from… Read more
Volocopter – First out of the gatenews Alasdair Whyte 17 Apr 18 0A slew of different manufacturers developing passenger vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft ready for the next decade, making promises for full-scale production in early… Read more
CHC extends North Sea offshore contractnews Alasdair Whyte 17 Apr 18 0CHC has extended an existing two-year offshore oil and gas contract with oil exploration and development company Aker BP. The operator will provide two AS332Ls… Read more
Airbus planning to set up Indian manufacturing basenews Alasdair Whyte 17 Apr 18 0Airbus is offering to set up a new manufacturing base in India if the Indian Navy chooses the Airbus AS565 Panther for its new multi-mission… Read more
ICAO calls for drone airspace management solutionsnews Alasdair Whyte 13 Apr 18 0The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has opened a new request for information (RFI) to help establish a framework for integrating unmanned aircraft into national… Read more
Indian government scraps bid for Pawan Hansnews Alasdair Whyte 12 Apr 18 0The Indian government has closed the private share offering of helicopter operator Pawan Hans (Wind Swan) after failing to attract bidders. The country’s Ministry of… Read more
Voom – a year onnews Alasdair Whyte 11 Apr 18 0Airbus’s on-demand helicopter booking service Voom has revealed key highlights from its first year of operations. Since launching its service in São Paulo last year,… Read more
