American Eurocopter is one year away from AS350 productionnews Terry Spruce 23 Sep 13 0Eurocopter prepares its Columbus plant to start building AS350 civil helicopters in late-2014. Eurocopter is preparing to upgrade the American Eurocopter plant in Columbus, Mississippi,… Read more
Bell Helicopter sells seven aircraft in Moscownews Terry Spruce 21 Sep 13 0Jet Transfer buys five Bell 429 and two Bell 407GX helicopters at JetExpo 2013. Jet Transfer, an independent representative for Bell Helicopter in Moscow, signed… Read more
Eurocopter will showcase five helicopters at Helitech 2013news Terry Spruce 20 Sep 13 0Eurocopter brings EC175 mock-up to Helitech 2013 in London. Eurocopter will be well represented at Helitech International 2013 next week, by displaying a full-scale EC175 mock-up… Read more
Bell 429 to feature at Aviation Expo China shownews Terry Spruce 20 Sep 13 0Bell Helicopter will showcase the Bell 429 to Chinese customers next week. Bell Helicopter will display the Bell 429 helicopter at the bi-annual Aviation Expo… Read more
Bond Air Services raises over £5000 for cancer charitynews Terry Spruce 19 Sep 13 0Bond Air Services presented a UK cancer charity with cheque for over £5,000 at Gloucestershire Airport. Staff at Bond Air Services in the UK have raised… Read more
Eurocopter introduces the EC130 T2 and EC145 T2 to the UKnews Terry Spruce 19 Sep 13 0Eurocopter plans demo flights for the EC130 T2 and EC145 T2 from its bases in Oxford and Denham. Eurocopter is conducting a series of demonstration… Read more
Mark Kelly leaves CHC for Lease Corporation Internationalnews Terry Spruce 19 Sep 13 0Lease Corporation International hires Mark Kelly from CHC to help place helicopters from its $400 million AgustaWestland order. Mark Kelly is leaving his role as… Read more
Swedish Maritime Agency receives first of seven helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 17 Sep 13 0AgustaWestland delivers first search and rescue helicopter to the Swedish Maritime Agency. The Swedish Maritime Agency received its first AW139 helicopter from AgustaWestland at a… Read more
A2B Heli Maintenance opens Oxford basenews Terry Spruce 17 Sep 13 0A2B Heli Maintenance is a newly-established EASA Part 145 independent commercial helicopter maintenance company. A2B Heli Maintenance has began providing maintenance for commercial helicopters from… Read more
Evergreen Helicopters wins $10 million contract with US Armynews Terry Spruce 16 Sep 13 0Erickson Air-Crane-owned Evergreen Helicopters will provide 24/7 medevac services to two US army bases. Evergreen Helicopters, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Erickson Air-Crane, has been awarded… Read more
Eurocopter offers improved safety landing conditions at German helipadnews Terry Spruce 16 Sep 13 0Eurocopter Donauwörth is the first helipad in Europe to offer improved safety landing conditions. Donauwörth, the onsite helicopter landing pad at Eurocopter’s headquarters in Germany,… Read more
Austin receives third police helicopternews Terry Spruce 13 Sep 13 0Eurocopter delivers a brand new police helicopter to Austin, Texas. The police department in Austin has added a third helicopter to its fleet after accepting… Read more
Russia accepts first Bell 407GX helicopternews Terry Spruce 13 Sep 13 0Bell Helicopter delivers the first Bell 407GX in Russia. Bell Helicopter has delivered a Bell 407GX to Helidrive in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The helicopter will… Read more
Eurocopter Canada delivers an EC135 to Finnair Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 11 Sep 13 0The new helicopter will fly missions across the province including line inspection, vegetation surveys, construction and environmental patrol. Finnair Helicopters has taken delivery of a… Read more
Erickson Air-Crane appoints Eric Struik as new CFOnews Terry Spruce 10 Sep 13 0Eric Struik takes as over Erickson Air-Crane’s new chief financial officer with immediate effect. Erickson Air-Crane has hired Eric Struik as the company’s new chief… Read more
Jingchen orders second S-92 helicopternews Terry Spruce 9 Sep 13 0The Yunnan Jingchen Group has ordered a second Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. The helicopter will be used to transport corporate and government VIPs. The Yunnan Jingchen… Read more
CITIC Offshore Helicopter Company orders two Sikorsky S-92 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 9 Sep 13 0CITIC signs an order for two S-92s at China Heli-Expo. CITIC Offshore Helicopter Company (COHC) has become the third major Chinese offshore oil service provider… Read more
Bond backs young rugby stars with fly-in helicopter visitnews Terry Spruce 9 Sep 13 0Bond Offshore Helicopters dropped by Wymondham Rugby Club to celebrate the start of the new season with under-13 team. An AgustaWestland AW139 operated by Bond… Read more
Zhuhai Helicopter Company orders four more Sikorsky S-92 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 9 Sep 13 0Zhuhai Helicopter Company boosts S-92 fleet at China Heli-Expo. Zhuhai Helicopter Company, a Chinese commercial helicopter operator, ordered a further four S-92 helicopters from Sikorsky.… Read more
Sikorsky and Chinese Ministry of Transport sign contracts for eight S-76D helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 9 Sep 13 0Sikorsky and the Chinese MOT celebrate the signings of eight S-76D contracts at China Heli-Expo show. The Ministry of Transport in China ordered a further four S-76D… Read more
