Indian government tourism website to sell Pawan Hans flight ticketsnews Alasdair Whyte 29 Mar 16 0The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and air operator Pawan Hans have partnered to allow flight passengers to book tickets through the IRCTC website. The two organisations… Read more
Petroleum Air Services becomes Bell customer service facility in Egyptnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0Bell Helicopters has appointed Petroleum Air Services as the first Bell authorised customer service facility (CSF) in North Africa. The deal was presented at the Abu… Read more
Airbus embarks upon H145 Far East demo tournews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0Airbus Helicopters has started a Far East tour to showcase its H145 model. The company first took the H145 to Asia in October 2014, with a… Read more
Finmeccanica to rebrand as Leonardonews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0Helicopter systems designer Finmeccanica is to change its name to Leonardo only three months after it changed its name from AgustaWestland. Since taking the helm in May… Read more
Air Methods adds Voce Capital Management director to boardnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0Air Methods, the largest air medical operator in the US has added Joseph Whitters as a director representing activist investor Voce Capital Management. The investor,… Read more
Bell sells three 407GXP helicopters to North American marketnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0Bell signed a deal to sell three 407GXP helicopters at Heli-Expo 2016 in Kentucky last month. This included one for an unnamed private customer based in Newfoundland,… Read more
Pawan Hans signs deal with HAL for helicopter maintenance centrenews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0Indian state aircraft manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and operator Pawan Hans have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a joint venture to… Read more
Helicopter Investor Dubai 2016 – Livenews Alasdair Whyte 21 Mar 16 0Good morning everybody, we’re back with the our second conference of the year. This time around we’re in sunny Dubai. It’s our first time running… Read more
FlightSafety S-76 simulator in Singapore now Level-D qualfiednews Alasdair Whyte 18 Mar 16 0FlightSafety has announced that its Sikorsky S-76C+ and S-76C++ simulator in Singapore has been qualified to Level D by the FAA the highest level of… Read more
Bell completes delivery of fifteen 429s to Canadian Coast Guardnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Mar 16 0Bell Helicopter has manufactured and delivered 15 Bell 429s to the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) following the awarding of a contract in May 2014. The final… Read more
Airwork NZ orders 100th LTS101-850B-2 enginenews Alasdair Whyte 14 Mar 16 0New Zealand company Airwork has ordered its 100th LTS101-850B-2 engine from Honeywell. Airwork NZ offers a Eurocopter BK117 engine upgrade program swapping out LTS101-750 engines… Read more
Metro Aviation sells first EC145 e-litenews Alasdair Whyte 14 Mar 16 0Metro Aviation has committed to buy six EC145e e-lite helicopters. The EC145 e-lite is the utility variant developed to provide greater useful load by reducing… Read more
Police Scotland upgrade to H135news Alasdair Whyte 14 Mar 16 0Police Scotland has signed a new contract with Bond Air Services for seven years starting 1st October 2016. The contact also sees an upgrade from… Read more
Bell launches 412HP upgrade pathnews Alasdair Whyte 14 Mar 16 0Bell has launched an upgrade path for 412SP operators to reach 412HP standard. The new 412HP upgrade kit provides an additional 165 horsepower available at… Read more
Bell courts Vietnam Helicopter Corporation with 525 Relentlessnews Alasdair Whyte 14 Mar 16 0Bell Helicopter has signed an agreement with Vietnam Helicopter Corporation (VNH) to pursue opportunities in the country. The manufacturer is expecting VNH will provide them market insight in… Read more
Investors buying Air Methods shares in volumesinsight Alasdair Whyte 10 Mar 16 0Recent reports of investment house activity in the shares of Air Methods (AIRM) have been strongly focused on share purchases. In recent weeks, these financials… Read more
Era Helicopters to help develop EMS role for AW609news Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 16 0Finmeccanica Helicopter Division and Era Group Inc will jointly develop an Emergency Medical Service variant of the AgustaWestland AW609 TiltRotor. Era is a major customer… Read more
HNZ expands through creation of Acasta HeliFlightnews Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 16 0HNZ Group has taken a majority shareholding Acasta HeliFlight. HNZ has invested approximately 3.4 million Canadian Dollars. The new company is being led by Adam… Read more
AgustaWestland AW109 Trekker takes its first flightnews Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 16 0The AgustaWestland AW109 Trekker has flown for the first time. The aircraft is the skid version of the AW109 light twin. The flight was from… Read more
Wales Air Ambulance to upgrade to H145 fleetnews Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 16 0Wales Air Ambulance will upgrade their helicopter fleet. Currently they operate H135s, but Bond Air Services will upgrade the fleet with new H145s. After starting… Read more
