Waypoint signs helicopter leasing deal with Avincisnews Terry Spruce 14 Oct 14 0Waypoint Leasing (Ireland) Limited has signed an agreement with Avincis, a Babcock International Group company, to lease two AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters. The helicopters will operate… Read more
Waypoint announces first lease with Bristownews Terry Spruce 14 Oct 14 0Waypoint Leasing (Ireland) Limited has agreed to the sale and leaseback (SLB) of two Sikorsky S-92 helicopters with Bristow Group Inc. Both S-92s operate offshore… Read more
Bell Helicopter delivers first HEMS Bell 429 in UKnews Terry Spruce 14 Oct 14 0Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company, will showcase Wiltshire Air Ambulance Charitable Trust’s (WAACT) Bell 429 at Helitech International in Amsterdam from 14-16 October. After… Read more
GECAS to acquire Milestone Aviation Groupnews Terry Spruce 14 Oct 14 0GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aircraft leasing unit of GE, has signed an agreement to acquire Milestone Aviation Group, a Dublin-based helicopter lessor, for… Read more
The prototype SKYe SH09 helicopter makes its first flightnews Terry Spruce 10 Oct 14 0In Mollis, Switzerland, the Marenco Swisshelicopter SKYe SH09 prototype performed its maiden flight. The helicopter was flown by the company’s chief test pilot Dwayne Williams.… Read more
Airbus Helicopters delivers first fully-equipped air ambulance to Chinanews Terry Spruce 10 Oct 14 0Airbus Helicopters presented the first fully-equipped EC135 air ambulance to the 999 Emergency Rescue Center (999 Center) at a ceremony held at the Donauwörth, Germany… Read more
Enstrom delivers first 480B-G helicopternews Terry Spruce 10 Oct 14 0Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has delivered the first Enstrom 480B-G to a private owner in New Hampshire. The 480B-G is equipped with the Garmin G1000H glass… Read more
Kazakhstan takes delivery of Mi-8AMT helicopternews Terry Spruce 8 Oct 14 0Russian Helicopters has delivered a Mi-8AMT to the Almaty City Rescue Service. ALSO READ: Russian Helicopters delivers first Mi-26T to Kazakhstan government Grigory Kozlov, deputy… Read more
Vector and Orange County Sheriffs sign MRO contractnews Terry Spruce 6 Oct 14 0Vector Aerospace and Orange County (CA) Sheriff’s Department sign an Airbus Helicopters AS350 and Bell Helicopter UH-1H MRO support contract. The contract is a five-year… Read more
Miami Valley Hospital CareFlight begins helicopter servicenews Terry Spruce 6 Oct 14 0Miami Valley Hospital CareFlight in Dayton, Ohio begins service with a new Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin N3+ aircraft. Candy Skidmore, premier health vice president, Emergency,… Read more
PDG Helicopters wins new lighthouse contractnews Terry Spruce 3 Oct 14 0PDG Helicopters based in Dalcross, Scotland has been awarded a seven-year contract by The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the UK and Ireland. The contract… Read more
LCI closes $325 million secured asset backed facilitynews Terry Spruce 2 Oct 14 0Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation leasing division of the Libra Group, has successfully closed a five-year, $325 million asset-backed credit facility for its helicopter-leasing… Read more
VIDEO: Elbit Systems performs demo on Swiss helicopternews Terry Spruce 1 Oct 14 0Elbit Systems, an international defense electronics company, has successfully demonstrated a flight using Skyvis. The demonstration flight was onboard a Swiss Air Rescue REGA AgustaWestland… Read more
Sikorsky celebrates 10th anniversary of first S-92 deliverynews Terry Spruce 29 Sep 14 0US-based helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky is celebrating 10 years since it delivered the first S-92 helicopter to PHI, Inc., a helicopter operator based in Lafayette, Louisiana.… Read more
Bell VIP 429 delivers at the Monaco Yacht Shownews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0Bell Helicopter has delivered a VIP-configured Bell 429 helicopter to Heli-Securite. This is the first VIP-configured Bell 429 to be delivered in France. The delivery… Read more
Vector Aerospace gains AS350 repair station statusnews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services – North America (HS-NA) has been appointed an Airbus Helicopters D-Level certified repair centre for the AS350/AS355 and EC130 family of… Read more
Bell announces first Jet Ranger X deals in South Africanews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0National Airways Corporation (NAC) has ordered nine Bell 505 Jet Ranger X helicopters at the Africa Aerospace and Defense (AAD) show in South Africa. These… Read more
HUBI-FLY takes delivery of AS350 helicopternews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0HUBI-FLY has taken delivery of an Airbus Helicopters AS350 B2. The helicopter will be used on a number of missions including power-line inspection, training, aerial… Read more
SevenBar takes delivery of GrandNew helicopternews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 14 0AgustaWestland has delivered a GrandNew helicopter to SevenBar. The delivery took place at the Air Medical Transport Conference 2014 in Nashville. ALSO READ: SevenBar orders… Read more
Wysong delivers first of three Bell 407GXs to Med-Trans Corporationnews Terry Spruce 25 Sep 14 0Wysong Enterprises delivered a Bell 407GX helicopter to the Med-Trans Corporation prior to the Air Medical Transport Conference. This is the first Bell 407GX to… Read more
