Van Horn moves into main rotor market with Bell 206 installationnews Alasdair Whyte 13 Apr 16 0Van Horn Aviation has moved into the market for main rotor blades from its core product base of tail rotor blades. President of the company Dean… Read more
Australian-Turkish joint venture launches as StarFlight Australianews Alasdair Whyte 11 Apr 16 0CareFlight Group in Australia has joined forces with Kaan Air from Turkey to launch StarFlight Australia. Through manufacturer links already in place via Kaan Air,… Read more
Kawasaki delivers first two EC145s to Japanese National Policeinsight Alasdair Whyte 11 Apr 16 0Kawasaki Heavy Industries has delivered two EC145 helicopters to the National Police Agency in its native Japan. These will be the first EC145s to be… Read more
Two former AgustaWestland heads sentenced to prison termsinsight Alasdair Whyte 11 Apr 16 0Two former AgustaWestland directors have been sentenced to prison terms, reports Reuters. In a long-running bribery case linked to the $638 million contract for twelve… Read more
Indonesian operator orders thirty Bell 505 JetRanger Xnews Alasdair Whyte 11 Apr 16 0Bell has signed a letter of intent with PT Whitesky Aviation for 30 of the new not-yet-certified Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters. The aircraft will… Read more
Atlantic Airways takes delivery second new AW139insight Alasdair Whyte 7 Apr 16 0Faroe Islands operator Atlantic Airways has taken delivery of the second of the pair of AgustaWestland AW139s it had ordered. The aircraft will be used… Read more
Milestone delivers Omni H225 to Bond Offshore Helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Apr 16 0Leasing company Milestone has delivered a new Airbus H225 to Bond Offshore Helicopters, who will put it to work on the North Sea. The helicopter… Read more
Petrofac signs contract with Bristow for North Sea flightsnews Alasdair Whyte 6 Apr 16 0Bristow Helicopters has signed a contract with offshore service provider Petrofac to operate in the North Sea using both Sikorsky S92 and Airbus H225 aircraft.… Read more
PPC helps Bristow wrap S92 for long-term storagenews Alasdair Whyte 5 Apr 16 0Dallas-based Protective Packaging Corp (PPC) has preserved a Sikorsky S-92 for Bristow Helicopters that became surplus to requirements due to the oil price downturn. The… Read more
Turkish government puts out information request for coast guard aircraftnews Alasdair Whyte 4 Apr 16 0The Turkish government’s procurement agency has released a request for information (RFI) for options on purchasing a coast guard aircraft. The Undersecretariat for Defence Industries… Read more
Essex and Herts air ambulance buys £6 million Agusta Westland AW169news Alasdair Whyte 1 Apr 16 0The Essex and Hertfordshire air ambulance has purchased a £6 million Agusta Westland AW169. A 10-year contract to lease an MD902 Explorer has also been… Read more
AW189 fleet passes 10,000 flight hour landmarknews Alasdair Whyte 1 Apr 16 0Finmeccanica has this week announced that the fleet of 26 AgustaWestland AW189 helicopters has exceeded 10,000 flight hours. This milestone has been achieved less than… Read more
Bond Offshore Helicopters wins Premier Oil contractnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Apr 16 0Bond Offshore Helicopters has been awarded a new three-year contract to provide offshore crew transport on behalf of Premier Oil. Bond will service Premier’s offshore platforms… Read more
FAA approves Heli-One Poland as repair centrenews Alasdair Whyte 1 Apr 16 0The FAA has given repair station approval to the Heli-One facility at Rzeszow in Poland. The facility, which opened in 2014, provides base maintenance support… Read more
Airlift Northwest to add both rotary and fixed wing to fleetnews Alasdair Whyte 30 Mar 16 0Airlift Northwest, a Pacific Northwest air medical transport provider, has added a Pilatus PC-12 turboprop plane and a new helicopter to its Yakima base at McAllister… Read more
Las Vegas Metro Police to buy Airbus H145news Alasdair Whyte 30 Mar 16 0The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police has been given the approval to buy a new Airbus H145, with delivery targeted for March 2017. The new helicopter will… Read more
Blade partners with Uber for Coachella festival helicopter charter servicenews Alasdair Whyte 29 Mar 16 0Blade the New York-based private helicopter service has partnered with transport app company Uber to provide charter flights to the Coachella music festival in California.… Read more
Airbus approves CAE H225 simulator in Norwaynews Alasdair Whyte 29 Mar 16 0The helicopter training centre run by CAE in Norway has been awarded as an Airbus Helicopters approved simulation centre for H225 recurrent training. To maintain this… Read more
H+S Aviation Abu Dhabi engine test cell approved by manufacturernews Alasdair Whyte 29 Mar 16 0H+S Aviation has announced that the test cell at its facility in Abu Dhabi has been successfully reviewed by Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) for… Read more
Kaman promoting K-Max firefighting role at FIDAE 2016news Alasdair Whyte 29 Mar 16 0Kaman Corp has announced it will attend the FIDAE 2016 aerospace exhibition in the Chilean capital Santiago this week to promote the use of the K-Max for… Read more
