Airbus ceases H120 productionnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Dec 17 0Airbus Helicopters has ended serial production of the H120. It ceased production after it cleared its orderbook, delivering the last H120 in September from the… Read more
RDIF and Arab investors look to buy more of Russian Helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 28 Nov 17 0Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and an undisclosed group of Arab investors are considering buying up more shares in Russian Helicopters. In February, the two… Read more
VNH South completes Indonesian fire fighting contractnews Alasdair Whyte 27 Nov 17 0State-owned Southern Vietnam operator VNH South has completed a fire fighting contract for PT. Komala. The two Mi-172s placed with the Indonesian charter firm were… Read more
Ray Weiser interview: “The glass is always half full”insight Alasdair Whyte 14 Nov 17 0Earlier this year, Raymond Weiser Jr was promoted to senior director of helicopter services for JSSI. JSSI is a consumer of MRO services and offers an… Read more
Bristow reports “better than expected” second quarternews Alasdair Whyte 13 Nov 17 0Bristow Group has seen a “better than expected” second quarter of fiscal year 2018. The operator’s adjusted EBITDA is up a substantial 27.5% year-on-year from… Read more
Waypoint leases first H145 to Chilenews Alasdair Whyte 8 Nov 17 0Waypoint Leasing has signed an agreement to lease an Airbus H145 to Chilean operator Ecocopter. This is the first H145 to be ordered by a… Read more
Bell extends order for 50 505s to Reignwood Aviationnews Alasdair Whyte 8 Nov 17 0Bell Helicopters will sell an additional 50 aircraft to Chinese operator Reignwood – bringing the order number to 110 505 helicopters. This extends on Reignwood’s previous… Read more
CHC introduces AW189 to Australian marketnews Alasdair Whyte 7 Nov 17 0CHC will be the first to introduce the AgustaWestland AW189 super medium to Australia, placing three helicopters in the country to support Woodside’s offshore transport… Read more
Volocopter adds btov as new investornews Alasdair Whyte 6 Nov 17 0European venture capital firm btov is investing in Volocopter, the start-up electric multicopter company. It joins car company Daimler, Intel Capital and technology investor Lukasz… Read more
StandardAero acquires Vector Aerospacenews Alasdair Whyte 6 Nov 17 0StandardAero has finalised the purchase of Vector Aerospace from Airbus. The merger will become one of the largest global maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firms… Read more
HNZ Group agrees to be acquired by CEO and sell offshore operations to PHInews Alasdair Whyte 2 Nov 17 0HNZ Group is proposing to sell all of its outstanding shares to Don Wall, its president and CEO, for $188.8 million. Louisana-based operator PHI would… Read more
Bell delivers 39 helicopters in Q3, profits upnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Oct 17 0Bell delivered 39 commercial helicopters in the last quarter and recorded a profit of $106 million. The Fort Worth-based manufacturer delivered 25 more helicopters year-on-year… Read more
Airbus debuts third H160 prototypenews Alasdair Whyte 16 Oct 17 0The third Airbus H160 prototype (PT3) performed its maiden flight at the company’s headquarters last week. The supermedium class helicopter will be undertaking certification activities… Read more
Airtelis orders three H215snews Alasdair Whyte 6 Oct 17 0Airtelis has placed a firm order for three Airbus H215s with an option to extend it to five. The French operator worked with lessor Nova… Read more
Airbus and NHV celebrates three years of the H175news Alasdair Whyte 6 Oct 17 0Airbus and H175 launch customer NHV are celebrating three years of H175 operations. NHV started flying the first two Airbus H175s on North Sea offshore… Read more
New engine option AW189 launched at Helitech 2017news Alasdair Whyte 4 Oct 17 0Leonardo and Safran Helicopters has unveiled the AgustaWestland AW189k featuring new generation Safran Aneto engines at Helitech 2017. The new supermedium helicopter variant is powered… Read more
Bristow downsizes in light of “challenging market conditions”news Alasdair Whyte 26 Sep 17 0Bristow is reducing the size of its board due to “challenging market conditions”. The helicopter operator will be downsizing its board from 11 to ten… Read more
Airbus investigation shines light on Avinco ownershipinsight Alasdair Whyte 22 Sep 17 0Airbus has launched an internal investigation into allegations of €16.2 million worth of payments by two companies associated with the manufacturer after the Guardian newspaper… Read more
Bristow renews Barents Sea Contractsnews Alasdair Whyte 22 Sep 17 0Bristow Norway has renewed contracts for two S92s with Norwegian operators Eni Norge and Statoil to be operated on the Barents Sea. Statoil and Eni… Read more
Market Analysis: China’s helicoptersinsight Alasdair Whyte 20 Sep 17 0Although helicopter usage in China has largely been limited by tight government controls of airspace and a lack of infrastructure to support them, recent mega… Read more
