Weststar Aviation of Malaysia orders two EC225snews Terry Spruce 27 Mar 13 0Weststar Aviation of Malaysia has ordered its first heavy lift helicopters for oil and gas operations. Read more
Cobham do Brazil wins first major contractnews Terry Spruce 26 Mar 13 0Cobham’s Brazilian subsidiary has secured its first major contract in Brazil, to equip State Police helicopters with High Definition (HD) video surveillance downlinks which will… Read more
Bristow Helicopters wins £1.6 billion search and rescue contract from UK governmentnews Terry Spruce 26 Mar 13 0Bristow Helicopters - a part of the US-owned Bristow Group - has won a government contract worth £1.6 billion to provide civilian search and rescue… Read more
Russian Helicopters to showcase at LIMA 2013news Terry Spruce 25 Mar 13 0Russian Helicopters to showcase its new helicopter models at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition taking place in Malaysia between March 26 – 30,… Read more
Newest EC145 embarks on US demo flight tournews Terry Spruce 22 Mar 13 0The Eurocopter EC145 T2 has performed its own US demo flight tour after being showcased at the Heli-Expo show in Las Vegas recently. Read more
Russia certifies the Robinson R66 Turbine helicopternews Terry Spruce 21 Mar 13 0The Russian IAC AR has certified the Robinson R66 helicopter. Robinson have twenty-two R66 aircraft awaiting export to Russia. Read more
New AW139 simulator certified in Italynews Terry Spruce 21 Mar 13 0Rotorsim has announced that ENAC (the Italian Civil Aviation Authority) has certified a CAE 3000 Series AW139 full-flight simulator (FFS), jointly developed by AgustaWestland and… Read more
Erickson Air-Crane buys Evergreen Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 20 Mar 13 0Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated announced that it has executed a stock purchase agreement for the purchase of Evergreen Helicopters from Evergreen International Aviation. Read more
CHC Helicopter increases revenue and earnings for eighth quarter runningnews Terry Spruce 20 Mar 13 0CHC Helicopter, one of the world’s largest helicopter operators, completed its eighth consecutive quarter of revenue and earnings growth in the third quarter of its… Read more
EC175 helicopter completes US tournews Terry Spruce 20 Mar 13 0The Eurocopter EC175 has completed its three week US demo tour, including exhibiting at Heli-Expo 2013 at Las Vegas, Nevada. Read more
Metro Aviation adds awareness system to helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 18 Mar 13 0Metro Aviation has announced innovative enhancements for its EC135 and EC145 STC helicopters, as well a move into the Brazilian market and a new app… Read more
SKOL Airline of Russia takes delivery of two Mi-171 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 15 Mar 13 0Russian Helicopters, part of state defence holding Oboronprom has delivered two Mi-171 helicopters to SKOL Airline, a Russian aviation company. Read more
Northern Ireland police service orders EC145 helicopternews Terry Spruce 14 Mar 13 0The Police Service of Northern Ireland orders a Eurocopte EC145. Read more
Heli-Expo 2013 breaks attendance recordsnews Terry Spruce 13 Mar 13 0Helicopter Association International has announced that Heli-Expo 2013 held at Las Vegas was the biggest ever. Read more
Bond Search and Rescue crew wins courage awardnews Terry Spruce 13 Mar 13 0Two Bond Offshore Helicopters (Bond) Search and Rescue (SAR) crewmen have been awarded the Billy Deacon SAR Memorial Trophy 2012, in recognition of their role… Read more
EADS appoints Guillaume Faury as new CEO of Eurocopternews Terry Spruce 12 Mar 13 0The board of directors at EADS, the owner of Airbus and Europcopter, has accepted the resignation of Lutz Bertling as CEO of Eurocopter and member… Read more
Romero Britto turns Eurocopter helicopter into a work of pop artnews Terry Spruce 12 Mar 13 0Pop artist Romero Britto used a new Eurocopter AS350 B3e helicopter as a canvas for an eye-catching piece of art at the 2013 Heli-Expo event… Read more
Vector Aerospace becomes Eurocopter service center for AS332 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 11 Mar 13 0Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-North America received the certificate with full approval as a Eurocopter-qualified service center for the AS332 helicopter family at the recent Heli-Expo… Read more
All American Aviation leasing AS350 B3e helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 11 Mar 13 0All American Aviation is leasing two Eurocopter AS350B3e helicopters from Rainer Heli International to provide offshore oil and gas transport service in the Gulf of… Read more
Med-Trans adds another EC135 helicopternews Terry Spruce 11 Mar 13 0Med-Trans Corporation has ordered its 14th EC135 helicopter from American Eurocopter in the last six months. Read more
