SaxonAir orders GrandNew helicopternews Terry Spruce 31 May 16 0UK based operator SaxonAir Charter has ordered a Leonardo-Finmeccanica AW109SP Grand New directly from the manufacturer. The helicopter will be operated through SaxonAir’s rotary division SaxonAir Helicopters.… Read more
Professional Helicopter Services signs LoI of intent for three Bell 505snews Terry Spruce 31 May 16 0Bell Helicopters has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Professional Helicopter Services (PHS) for three Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters. PHS will be… Read more
MAGnificent receives FAA STC validationnews Terry Spruce 31 May 16 0Mecaer Aviation Group (MAG) has successfully validated their luxury interior, The MAGnificent, with the US FAA. Immediately following the initial STC with EASA, MAG began… Read more
Bell Helicopter delivers Bell 429s to the Swedish National Policenews Terry Spruce 31 May 16 0The Swedish National Police’s seven Bell 429 helicopters are now all in active service. The fleet is being used for law enforcement and search and… Read more
Airbus Helicopters highlights EMS at HeliRussia 2016news Terry Spruce 17 May 16 0Airbus Helicopters will participate in the international helicopter industry exhibition HeliRussia 2016 being held in Moscow on May 19-21. Emeric Lhomme, CEO of Airbus Helicopters… Read more
The London Heliport becomes NetJets London Heliportnews Terry Spruce 17 May 16 0NetJets Europe has announced that it has partnered with The London Heliport. The heliport will now be known as NetJets London Heliport. The Netjets and… Read more
LCI delivers first AW139 to Westpac Rescuenews Alasdair Whyte 13 May 16 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) have delivered the first of four AW139 helicopters to Australia’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. The company will begin training its pilots,… Read more
Waypoint closes further $37 million in revolving creditnews Alasdair Whyte 12 May 16 0Waypoint Leasing has closed a further $37 million revolving credit facility with KeyBank’s Speciality Finance Lending unit. The company’s total revolving facility with KeyBank has… Read more
Starspeed sees changes in 40 years of operationsnews Terry Spruce 12 May 16 0This year has seen Starspeed operate in its 60th country: Something that 40 years ago would have seemed impossible. When Starspeed started in the VIP… Read more
Matthew Harvey joins Gowling WLG from Dentonsnews Alasdair Whyte 10 May 16 0Leading helicopter lawyer Matthew Harvey has joined Gowling WLG as a partner. He joins from Dentons where he became a partner in 2000. Harvey specialises… Read more
University of New Mexico Hospital launches service with Agusta 119Kx Koalanews Alasdair Whyte 9 May 16 0The University of New Mexico Hospital has launched a new helicopter initiative as part of its Lifeguard Emergency Services division. The initiative that starts on… Read more
Norwegian CHC helicopter crash components arrive at AIBN Lillestrøm facilitynews Alasdair Whyte 9 May 16 0Components from the wreckage of the CHC-owned helicopter that crashed closed to Bergen in Norway have been moved to the Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN)… Read more
Moody’s downgrades CHC Group following Chapter 11 bankruptcy filingnews Alasdair Whyte 6 May 16 0Credit ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded CHC Group’s probability of default rating to D-PD (definitive probability of default) from a more favourable Ca-PD rating. The… Read more
Bristow Caribbean enters Trinidad and Tobago oil with Sikorsky S-92news Alasdair Whyte 6 May 16 0Bristow Caribbean has signed a contract with BHP Billiton in Trinidad and Tobago to operate a Sikorsky S-92 aircraft for the oil and gas industry… Read more
Malaysian AS350 crash claims six livesnews Alasdair Whyte 6 May 16 0A Eurocopter AS350 has crashed in Malaysia, claiming the lives of all six people on board. The helicopter crashed whilst on a flight to Kuching… Read more
CHC Group files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protectionnews Alasdair Whyte 5 May 16 0Offshore helicopter operator CHC Group has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to allow it time to restructure its financial assets. The company said it… Read more
Third prototype AW609 TiltRotor performs ground runnews Terry Spruce 5 May 16 0Leonardo-Finmeccanica has announced that the third prototype of the AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor has completed its first ground run at the company’s facilities in Cascina Costa,… Read more
Airbus offers “full support” to Norwegian EC225 crash investigation teamnews Alasdair Whyte 4 May 16 0Airbus Helicopters has said that it will provide its “full support” to the team from the Accident Investigation Board Norway that has been tasked with… Read more
Shell suspends flights through CHC in Norway following fatal helicopter crashnews Alasdair Whyte 4 May 16 0Oil giant Shell has suspended all helicopter flights through operator CHC as a result of the fatal aircraft crash that killed 13 passengers in Norway… Read more
First prototype Ka-62 helicopter takes to the airnews Terry Spruce 4 May 16 0The first prototype (OP-1) of the Ka-62 helicopter has been launched at Russian Helicopters’ Progress Arsenyev aviation company. The lift in a hover mode was… Read more
