Eurocopter has developed new guidance for quieter landingsnews Terry Spruce 16 Jul 13 0The company has demonstrated new landing procedures that rely on satelite guidance that can be tailored to comply with local environmental requirements. Read more
GE’s newest turboshaft engine gets FAA certificationnews Terry Spruce 18 Jun 13 0The CT7-2E1 turboshaft has received the FAA certification, this engine is the powerplant for the AgustaWestland AW189 helicopter. Read more
Nirma Group takes delivery of another GrandNewnews Terry Spruce 18 Jun 13 0The Nirma Group of India has taken delivery of a second AgustaWestland GrandNew helicopter. Read more
AgustaWestland and Shanghai Zenisun signs distributorship agreementnews Terry Spruce 18 Jun 13 0AgustaWestland has announced that it has signed an agreement with Shanghai Zenisun Investment Group of China which is expected to lead to the appointment of… Read more
LCI signs for another 10 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 18 Jun 13 0Lease Corporation International has signed a contract for another 10 AgustaWestland helicopters, five AW139, three AW169 and two AW189 aircraft. Read more
Samsung Techwin orders more AW139snews Terry Spruce 17 Jun 13 0AgustaWestland has announced that Samsung Techwin of South Korea has ordered another two AW139 helicopters. Read more
Brunei Shell takes delivery of two helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 17 Jun 13 0AgustaWestland has delivered two AW139 helicopters to Brunei Shell. Read more
AgustaWestland delivers simulator to Reganews Terry Spruce 17 Jun 13 0AgustaWestland has delivered a GrandNew full flight simulator to Rega of Switzerland. Read more
Russian Helicopters showcase a number of helicopters at Parisnews Terry Spruce 17 Jun 13 0Russian Helicopters will showcase many helicopters to the 50th Paris Air Show being held at Le Bourget, including the Ka-62 and Mi-171A2 helicopters, both designed… Read more
LCI provides helicopters to WestStar Aviation Servicesnews Terry Spruce 15 Jun 13 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) announced that it will be providing two AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters to WestStar Aviation Services of Malaysia for their offshore operation. Read more
Bell Helicopter will showcase a number of updates and aircraft at Paris shownews Terry Spruce 15 Jun 13 0Next week, at the Paris Air Show being held at Le Bourget, Bell Helicopter will share program updates and display a number of aircraft. Read more
Gama recognised as first choice service centre for Sikorsky S-76 helicopternews Terry Spruce 13 Jun 13 0The Gama Group announced at a London presentation that its UK-based Gama Engineering subsidiary has become the first choice service centre of Sikorsky S-76 operators. Read more
Russian Helicopters demonstrate Ka226T in mountains of Kazakhstannews Terry Spruce 12 Jun 13 0Rusian Helicopters begin a demonstration tour using the Ka-226T helicopter flying the aircraft in the mountains of Kazakhstan. Read more
Eurocopter X3 helicopter breaks two speed recordsnews Terry Spruce 11 Jun 13 0The Eurocpter X3 helicopter has recently broken two speed records, the first a speed of 263 knots in a descent and the second a speed… Read more
FlightSafety selected by Maricopa County Sherriff to provide Bell 407 trainingnews Terry Spruce 10 Jun 13 0The Maricopa County Sherriff’s office in Phoenix, Arizona has selected FlightSafety Intenational to provide Bell 407 training at its learning centre at Lafayette, Louisiana. Read more
Pylon Aviation orders six AS350 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 7 Jun 13 0Chandler, Arizona based Pylon Aviation has ordered six helicopters from American Eurocopter, two AS350 B3e’s and four AS350 B2’s. Read more
Milestone closes first Ex-Im bond for helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 3 Jun 13 0The Ex-Im Bank has issued a bond guarantee supporting Sikorsky Helicopters for S-92 helicopters to Milestone Aviation Group. This is the first use of Capital-Markets… Read more
Bell names Al Vetere new CFOnews Terry Spruce 31 May 13 0Bell Helicopter has announced that Al Vetere has assumed the role of chief financial officer. Read more
Avincis sees Q1 revenues drop but grows backlog with new helicopter contractsnews Terry Spruce 30 May 13 0Avincis Group generated revenue of €120.1 million during the first quarter of 2013, which represented an 11.2% drop from the €135.2 million made in the… Read more
Sikorsky to complete search and rescue conversion for Brunei Shell S-92news Terry Spruce 30 May 13 0Sikorsky will perform the first post-delivery search and rescue (SAR) modifications to Brunei Shell’s Sikorsky S-92 helicopter. Read more
