Optima Aero leases engines to UI Helicopternews Alasdair Whyte 5 Jan 18 0Canadian engine lessor Optima Aero will lease PT6T-3B engines to UI Helicopters to fulfil a Bell 412 support contract with South Korean Forestry Services. The long… Read more
Airbus delivers H125 to TransCanadanews Alasdair Whyte 4 Jan 18 0Airbus has delivered an H125 to Toronto energy firm TransCanada PipeLines. TransCanada PipeLines builds and maintains a 91,500 km network of gas pipelines, which supplies… Read more
Canadian Helicopters gets $8 million term loannews Alasdair Whyte 4 Jan 18 0HNZ Group subsidiary Canadian Helicopters has received an $8 million loan from investment firm Crown Capital Partners. The term loan closed on 29 December –… Read more
HNZ acquisition completednews Alasdair Whyte 3 Jan 18 0HNZ has now officially been acquired by by its CEO Don Wall and Louisiana operator PHI, Inc. As a result, HNZ shares will be voluntarily… Read more
Latvia orders two Leonardo AW119Kxnews Alasdair Whyte 2 Jan 18 0The State Border Guard of Latvia has signed an agreement for two Leonardo AW119Kx helicopters for SAR, transport, firefighting and disaster relief missions. Both aircraft… Read more
Leonardo AW109 Trekker gains EASA certificatenews Terry Spruce 29 Dec 17 0EASA has awarded the Leonardo AW109 Trekker its certificate and deliveries should start in the first quarter of 2018. The AW109 Trekker is based on… Read more
Two million flight hours milestone for AW139news Terry Spruce 29 Dec 17 0The AW139 helicopter has reached a milestone of two million flight hours, across all operational scenarios on five continents, while performing a wide range of… Read more
Nasa funds project to send helicopters to Titannews Alasdair Whyte 27 Dec 17 0Nasa is to fund a project to send a helicopter in search of alien life. The agency announced last week that the project, named Dragonfly,… Read more
Leonardo wins innovation award for electric tail rotornews Alasdair Whyte 22 Dec 17 0Leonardo Helicopter’s electric tail rotor project has received a national award for innovation. Italy’s National Award for Innovation was presented to Leonardo at a ceremony… Read more
Leonardo purchases two outstanding offeringsnews Alasdair Whyte 21 Dec 17 0Leonardo is to purchased back two outstanding note offerings due 2039 and 2040. The OEM and its subsidiary Leonardo US Holdings will purchase its outstanding… Read more
HAI gives James Russell Spray lifetime achievement awardnews Alasdair Whyte 20 Dec 17 0Helicopter Association International (HAI) has awarded James Russell Spray, retired president and CEO of Safran Helicopter Engines, the Bell Lifetime Achievement Award. Spray has worked… Read more
CityAirbus ready for electric propulsion testsnews Alasdair Whyte 20 Dec 17 0Airbus has completed and powered on its on-ground test bench for its upcoming VTOL CityAirbus, readying the aircraft for electric propulsion verification testing. The first… Read more
V-280 Valor completes maiden flightnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Dec 17 0Bell’s new tiltrotor aircraft, the V-280 Valor, has flown for the first time at Amarillo, Texas. The next-generation military tiltrotor design took off vertically, hovered, then… Read more
LCI receives first H175, leases to CHCnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Dec 17 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) Helicopters has taken delivery of its first Airbus H175, which it will place on lease with CHC. The helicopter will operate… Read more
Airbus Helicopter CEO moves to commercialnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Dec 17 0Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury will succeed Fabrice Brégier as the president of Airbus commercial aircraft as part of a management shakeup within the group. Brégier… Read more
Lobo leases AW139 to CHCnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Dec 17 0Dublin-based lessor Lobo has secured a new lease agreement with CHC Helicopter for one offshore-configured Leonardo AW139. The helicopter will be based at CHC’s base… Read more
Bell Helicopters delivers 20th EMS Bell 429news Alasdair Whyte 15 Dec 17 0Bell Helicopter has delivered its 20th emergency medical services (EMS) configured helicopter this year. The Bell 429 was handed over to Andorra-based operator Heliand at… Read more
Airbus completes Project Eagle flight testnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Dec 17 0Airbus has completed the in-flight validation of its experimental on-board image processing system named Project Eagle. The system is designed to perform automatic approaches and… Read more
Ritz-Carlton unveils new Floating Helipadnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Dec 17 0Ritz-Carlton has introduced a new navigable marine helipad to its upcoming Ritz-Carlton Residences in Miami Beach. The helipad allows residents of the Ritz-Carlton properties to… Read more
Sikorsky delivers two S-70i Black Hawks to L.A. Countynews Alasdair Whyte 14 Dec 17 0Pictured: Jeanette Eaton, regional sales director for North America, and Bill Gostic, vice president of Sikorsky, preseting a plaque to members of the L.A. County Fire… Read more
