Town Hall: Offshore wind power ‘positive story for helicopters’insight Mike Stones 28 Jan 21 0The rapidly developing offshore wind power generation industry is “a positive story” for the helicopter sector that will create demand for 126 units, valued at… Read more
Airbus Helicopters market share down to 48% in 2020news Alasdair Whyte 27 Jan 21 0Airbus Helicopters announced its orders and deliveries for 2020, indicating a 6% drop —to 48% — in its share of the civil and parapublic market.… Read more
Sees.ai and partners win £30m to develop advanced drone systemnews Alasdair Whyte 22 Jan 21 0A consortium of 16 companies led by specialist drone command and control solution developer, sees.ai, has won a share of £30m to develop and test… Read more
Milestone leasing two five blade H145s to NHVnews Alasdair Whyte 22 Jan 21 0NHV Group is leasing two five-bladed H145s from Milestone Aviation. The aircraft are being used to support NHV’s contract with Germany’s Federal Armed Forces’ training… Read more
General Motors unveils Cadillac aerial mobility conceptnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Jan 21 0General Motors has entered the aerial mobility space after the unveiling of Cadillac-designed concept at the Consumer Electronics Show 2021. The concept currently accommodates a… Read more
Helicopter pre-owned twin-engine sales recover but not to pre-Covid levelsinsight Mike Stones 19 Jan 21 0The pre-owned twin engine helicopter market continued to recover in the fourth quarter (Q4) of last year but retail sales remained below 2019 levels, due… Read more
Volocopter to bring electric air taxi services to US citiesnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Jan 21 0German air taxi start-up Volocopter announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accepted its application for Type Certificate validation on December 22nd 2020. Volocopter has… Read more
EHang to offer aerial sightseeing in autonomous EH216news Alasdair Whyte 14 Jan 21 0Autonomous eVTOL manufacturer EHang took a step closer to commercial operations on January 8th, as it flew 36 passengers on a sightseeing tour via its… Read more
Blade and Ross Aviation to build vertiport at Westchesternews Alasdair Whyte 12 Jan 21 0Blade Urban Air Mobility and Ross Aviation have entered into a strategic alliance to expedite the roll-out of urban air mobility services. Blade plans to… Read more
Blade to go public via SPAC at $825mnews Alasdair Whyte 16 Dec 20 0Helicopter operator Blade is the latest company to go public via a merger with blank check company Experience Investment Corp., an affiliate of KSL Capital… Read more
Thora hires new MD and advises on sale-leaseback of EMS helicoptersnews Mike Stones 26 Nov 20 0Thora Capital has appointed helicopter veteran Marc Schechter as its new MD and has advised Apollo MedFlight on the sale-leaseback of three EMS helicopters. Backed… Read more
Milestone delivers a Sikorsky S-92 to Caverton Helicoptersnews Mike Stones 26 Nov 20 0Helicopter leasing company Milestone Aviation Group recently delivered a Sikorsky S-92 to Caverton Helicopters, based in Lagos, Nigeria. The S-92 will be deployed on facilitating… Read more
Drop the pilot or ‘keep skin in the game?’insight Alasdair Whyte 16 Nov 20 0What’s the fastest and most efficient way to develop autonomous aircraft – to drop the pilot from the outset or keep one on board, at… Read more
One small step for man, a ‘decade leap forward’ for Canadainsight Alasdair Whyte 9 Nov 20 0Neil Armstrong would be proud. Or maybe Ryan Gosling would be – since he played him in the powerful moon landing movie First Man. Either… Read more
LCI appoints Jaspal Jandu new CEOnews Alasdair Whyte 2 Nov 20 0Helicopter lessor LCI has announced the promotion of Jaspal Jandu to CEO. Former CEO, Michael Platt becomes vice chairman, and Praveen Vetrivel is appointed chief… Read more
Bell Textron shows $9m profit in Q3 2020news Alasdair Whyte 29 Oct 20 0Helicopter manufacturer Bell’s parent company Textron announced its third quarter results for 2020, which saw the segment total $119m – a profit of $9m compared… Read more
Global AirParts and LCI begin S-76 part out projectnews Yves Le Marquand 27 Oct 20 0Global AirParts has begun a part out project with helicopter lessor, LCI. Global Airparts is a specialist provider of used, serviceable materials for Sikorsky S-76… Read more
Honeywell’s Compact Fly-By-Wire system to fly Pipistrel’s Nuuva V300news Alasdair Whyte 22 Oct 20 0Pipistrel has selected Honeywell’s Compact Fly-By-Wire system for its autonomous, large-capacity cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), Nuuva V300. Fly-by-wire computers act as the “’brains’ of… Read more
Starspeed and Quark Expeditions partner to manage helicopter services onboard new polar vessel, Ultramarinenews Alasdair Whyte 20 Oct 20 0Luxaviation Group’s helicopter management company Starspeed will be working with Quark Expeditions Inc., a Seattle-based Artic and Antarctic polar adventures operator beginning May 2021. The… Read more
Air Safa launches aircraft leasing business in India with Airbus H125 helicopternews Alasdair Whyte 19 Oct 20 0Air Safa Pte. Ltd., a Singapore based aircraft leasing company, has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus Helicopters for one H-125 helicopter with the option… Read more
