Erickson awarded Turkish contractnews Terry Spruce 26 Aug 15 0Erickson has been selected by Pan Aviation to provide emergency fire suppression support for the Municipality of Istanbul. ALSO READ: Erickson introduces S-64 enhancements Erickson… Read more
Metro Aviation gains authorisation for EFBsnews Terry Spruce 25 Aug 15 0Metro Aviation has received FAA authorisation to use Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) in their fleet of helicopters. The EFBs will allow pilots to access charts,… Read more
Bell delivers final Bell 412EP to Philippine DNDnews Terry Spruce 17 Aug 15 0Bell Helicopter has delivered the final of eight Bell 412EP aircraft to the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND). The final delivery was acknowledged during… Read more
JSSI joins Association of Brazilian Helicopter Pilotsnews Terry Spruce 14 Aug 15 0Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI) has joined the Association of Brazilian Helicopter Pilots (ABRAPHE). “We are excited to be a part of this professional group… Read more
Waypoint will open Rio de Janeiro office in 2016news Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0Waypoint Leasing will open its Latin American office in January 2016. The new office will be headed by Steffen Bay. Waypoint Leasing closes second deal… Read more
AgustaWestland sells a GrandNew in Brazilnews Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0AgustaWestland has sold a GrandNew helicopter to Cristalia in Brazil. The company is displaying a GrandNew at LABACE 2015 in Brazil. Nearly 150 helicopters in… Read more
JSSI launches Tip-to-Tail program for AW139news Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0Jet Support Services (JSSI) launches its Tip-to-Tail program coverage for the AgustaWestland AW139. The company first introduced its Tip-to-Tail hourly cost maintenance program in 1997… Read more
JSSI launches AS350 parts only program at LABACEnews Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), has launched its new parts-only program for the full line of Airbus Helicopters AS350 rotorcraft. “We listened to AS350 owners… Read more
ExecuJet increases helicopter operations in Mozambiquenews Terry Spruce 11 Aug 15 0ExecuJet is anticipating increased helicopter operations in Mozambique following a short-term charter contract to supply rotary wing aircraft across the country. The first charter was… Read more
Trio of Bell Helicopters at LABACE 2015news Terry Spruce 11 Aug 15 0Three Bell Helicopters are being displayed at LABACE 2015 at Aeroporto de Congonhas, São Paulo, Brazil. The company is showing the Bell 429WLG, the Bell… Read more
Gustavo Semeraro joins Lobo Leasing in Rio de Janeironews Terry Spruce 11 Aug 15 0Gustavo Semeraro has joined Lobo Leasing to help launch its Rio de Janeiro office. Semeraro joins from Bell Helicopter where he was Regional Sales Manager… Read more
Waypoint Leasing closes second lease with Lidernews Alasdair Whyte 11 Aug 15 0Waypoint Leasing has closed its second transaction with Brazil’s Lider Taxi Aereo. The lessor has bought one Sikorsky S-92 which it will lease back to… Read more
Metro delivers H125 to Coastal Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 10 Aug 15 0California-based Coastal Helicopters has taken delivery of a new Airbus Helicopters H125 (formerly the AS350 B3e). Coastal Helicopters now has a fleet of six various… Read more
Era’s second quarter profit rises despite low oil pricenews Alasdair Whyte 6 Aug 15 0Era Group announced an impressive profit of $11.3 million for its second quarter of 2015, compared to $5.2 million in the same quarter of 2014.… Read more
Erickson introduces S-64 Aircrane enhancementsnews Terry Spruce 4 Aug 15 0Erickson has introduced newly designed and certified enhancements for the S-64 Aircrane. The upgrades aim to improve situational awareness for pilots. ALSO READ: Michael Williams… Read more
Metro Aviation delivers first H145 T2 in North Americanews Terry Spruce 3 Aug 15 0Metro Aviation has delivered the first H145 T2 in North America to Dare MedFlight in North Carolina. It is the company’s 75th H145 completion. ALSO… Read more
Airbus Helicopters delivers first H135 to HTMnews Terry Spruce 30 Jul 15 0Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first H135 for offshore wind operations to Helicopter Travel Munich (HTM) in Germany. The company has contracts from ten windfarms… Read more
Bell Helicopter and BIRD Aerosystems presents Bell 407 ASIOnews Terry Spruce 30 Jul 15 0Bell Helicopter will integrate the BIRD Aerosystems Surveillance, Intelligence and Observation (ASIO) into the Bell 407GXP. The system will give a complete end-to-end airborne information… Read more
LCI closes innovative Islamic finance facilitynews Alasdair Whyte 29 Jul 15 0LCI Helicopters has closed an innovative Islamic pre-delivery payment facility with Bank of London and the Middle East and Lloyds Bank. The facility will be… Read more
Robinson upgrades police helicopternews Terry Spruce 29 Jul 15 0Robinson Helicopter is upgrading its R66 Turbine Police Helicopter. The upgrade package includes the FLIR Systems Ultra 8000 Infrared Camera and the Spectrolab SX-7 searchlight.… Read more
