AgustaWestland Aviation Services to expand in the Middle Eastnews Terry Spruce 24 Feb 15 0The AgustaWestland and Abu Dhabi Aviation joint venture, AgustaWestland Aviation Services (AWAS) is expecting continued regional growth in the helicopter fleets in the Middle East.… Read more
Sikorsky S-92 helicopter gets electric blue makeovernews Alasdair Whyte 24 Feb 15 0Flying Colours, an aircraft completions, refurbishment and maintenance company, has completed an elaborate four-month refurbishment project for its first ever Sikorsky S-92 helicopter at its… Read more
HeloAir signs S-76D contract with Fortune 500 companynews Terry Spruce 24 Feb 15 0HeloAir based in Richmond, Virginia has signed a contract with a Fortune 500 company to exclusively manage a Sikorsky S-76D helicopter. This is the first… Read more
Prince William will train as air ambulance pilotnews Terry Spruce 23 Feb 15 0Prince William will begin training as an air ambulance helicopter pilot with the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) after the birth of his second child.… Read more
The UK National Police Air Service confirms reduction in basesnews Terry Spruce 23 Feb 15 0The UK National Police Air Service (NPAS) has confirmed plans to move to a 15-base model, which will mean that 19 rotary aircraft (helicopters) and… Read more
Thailand acquires six EC145 T2 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 23 Feb 15 0The Royal Thai Air Force willo acquire six Airbus Helicopters EC145 T2 aircraft. The helicopters will be fitted in a VIP configuration and used on… Read more
Airbus Helicopters signs two EC130 T2 contracts in Indianews Terry Spruce 20 Feb 15 0Airbus Helicopters has signed two contracts for the EC130 T2 aircraft at Aero India 2015. These contracts launch the EC130 T2 in the Indian market.… Read more
HeliValue$: World oil prices and helicopter demandnews Alasdair Whyte 20 Feb 15 0The following article was first published by Benjamin Moore, senior appraiser at HeliValue$, Inc., in a newsletter sent out on 17 February 2015. The reaction… Read more
Pawan Hans receives excellence awardnews Terry Spruce 20 Feb 15 0Pawan Hans in India has been awarded an Airbus Helicopters’ excellence award in logging 450,000 flight hours with its Dauphin fleet. The award was given… Read more
Croatian Police orders an AW139 helicopternews Terry Spruce 19 Feb 15 0AgustaWestland has announced that the Croatian Police has placed an order for one AW139 helicopter. This will be the first AW139 in Croatia and replaces… Read more
Airbus Helicopters selects the Turbomeca ARRANO for X4news Terry Spruce 19 Feb 15 0Airbus Helicopters launched the X4 initial design concept around two turboshaft engines options: Pratt & Whitney Canada’s PW210E and Turbomeca’s ARRANO. Although Airbus Helicopters and… Read more
AgustaWestland announces another four African AW139 ordersnews Terry Spruce 18 Feb 15 0AgustaWestland has announced orders for another four AW139 helicopters in Africa. The new orders bring the number of AW139s in Africa to 60 helicopters. The… Read more
PDG Helicopters management completes MBOnews Terry Spruce 17 Feb 15 0The management team at PDG Helicopters has completed a £20 million+ management buy-out (MBO) of the company. The MBO was backed by LDC, as PDG… Read more
Starspeed signs another AW169 helicopter contractnews Terry Spruce 16 Feb 15 0Starspeed will become one of the first helicopter management companies in Europe to operate an AW169 helicopter after placing another order with AgustaWestland. This is the… Read more
LCI orders another 11 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 13 Feb 15 0Leace Corporation International has ordered another 11 AgustaWestland helicopters valued at $125 million. The new aircraft are converted from options held by the helicopter lessor,… Read more
Helicopter Investor London 2015 Live Blog: Day Twonews Alasdair Whyte 12 Feb 15 0More than 250 people have returned to the final day of Helicopter Investor London 2015, held again at The Royal Garden Hotel. Today we have… Read more
Helicopter Investor London 2015 Live Blog: Day Onenews Alasdair Whyte 11 Feb 15 0More than 250 aviation professionals are gathered in the room for Helicopter Investor London 2015. The big discussion point of the next two days is… Read more
Maverick celebrates 10 years at Grand Canyon South Rimnews Terry Spruce 6 Feb 15 0Maverick Helicopters are celebrating 10 years of flying from its Grand Canyon South Rim location, next to the Grand Canyon National Park. In the last… Read more
AgustaWestland delivers final Italian Police AW139news Terry Spruce 5 Feb 15 0AgustaWestland has delivered the final AW139 helicopter to the Italian Police. The first of eight aircraft was delivered in mid 2013 and completed at the… Read more
Gwent and South Wales Police join NPASnews Terry Spruce 4 Feb 15 0The Gwent and South Wales Police joined the National Police Air Service (NPAS), which will serve the local community from the existing base at RAF… Read more
