AgustaWestland unveils AW109 Trekker at Heli-Expo 2014news Terry Spruce 27 Feb 14 0AgustaWestland launched a new light twin-engine helicopter at Heli-Expo 2014, the AW109 Trekker, the first AgustaWestland light twin to offer skid landing gear. The new… Read more
Milestone Aviation leases the first operational S-76Dnews Terry Spruce 26 Feb 14 0Milestone Aviation announces at Heli-Expo 2014 that it has financed the delivery of a Sikorsky S-76D to Trinidad and Tobago’s National Helicopter Services Limited (NHSL).… Read more
LCI orders another 18 AgustaWestland helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 26 Feb 14 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) has announced an order for 18 AgustaWestland helicopters valued at over $280 million. The order consists of up to fourteen AW139… Read more
AgustaWestland family makes Heli-Expo debutnews Terry Spruce 22 Feb 14 0AgustaWestland will display its complete helicopter family – consisting of the AW169, AW139 and AW189 – for the first time in North America at the… Read more
New film from Shell shows two AW139 helicopters arriving in Bruneinews Alasdair Whyte 22 Nov 13 0Shell documents the arrival of two AW139 helicopters at Anduki Airfield to join Shell Brunei’s fleet of aircraft. Shell Brunei Petroleum recently received two AW139… Read more
Eurocopter delivers first EC130 T2 to Kazakhstannews Terry Spruce 29 Oct 13 0Eurocopter has delivered the first EC130 T2 helicopter to Kazakhstan in the Commonwealth of Independent States. “We are very proud to have provided this initial… Read more
Eurocopter says the helicopter market is recoveringnews Alasdair Whyte 1 Oct 13 0Eurocopter executives claim that the global helicopter is on the brink of recovering from its post-2008 slump. http://vimeo.com/75855343 Speaking at Helitech International 2013 at London’s… Read more
PDG Helicopters celebrates 200,000 flight hours and 40 years of operationsnews Terry Spruce 26 Sep 13 0PDG Helicopters celebrates two milestones in their history at Helitech 2013 in London. PDG Helicopters, an UK helicopter operator, celebrated its fleet of AS350 Squirrel… Read more
West London Heliport will launch by December 2013news Terry Spruce 25 Sep 13 0Graham Avery, chairman of PremiAir Aviation International, plans to launch “park and ride” West London heliport at Blackbushe Airport. PremiAir Aviation International is re-branding its… Read more
AgustaWestland testing new aerodynamics on AW609 TiltRotornews Terry Spruce 4 Sep 13 0The Second prototype aircraft is being test flown at the AgustaWestland Cascina Costa flight test facility in Italy. AgustaWestland is testing a number of aerodynamic improvements… Read more
Behind the scenes at Barclays London Heliportnews Alasdair Whyte 21 Aug 13 0Simon Hutchins, general manager of the Barclays London Heliport, takes Corporate Jet Investor behind the scenes of this impressive riverside heliport in the middle of… 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
New platform approach system for Sikorsky S-92 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 7 May 13 0The FAA has approved a new “Rig Approach” system for S92 helicopters, this new system should reduce workload by up to 60 percent and will… 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
Executive Helishares takes delivery of an AW109 at Heli Exponews Terry Spruce 7 Mar 13 0AgustaWestland announced the handover of an AW109 Power to Executive HeliShares, a Briles Wing & Helicopter Company, located in Van Nuys, California. Read more
VIDEO: International Corporate Jet & Helicopter Conference 2013news Alasdair Whyte 28 Feb 13 0Representatives from Guggenheim, Airfinance and VistaJet spoke warmly of the International Corporate Jet & Helicopter Conference 2013, which attracted more than 300 delegates. Read more
First Russian built AW139 makes its maiden flightnews Terry Spruce 15 Jan 13 0The first AgustaWestland AW139 built by Helivert has recently performed its maiden flight Read more
Sikorsky S-76D helicopter receives FAA type certificatenews Terry Spruce 15 Oct 12 0The Federal Aviation Administration has approved the type certificate for the Sikorsky S-76D helicopter. Read more
HeliFlite adds another Sikorsky S76 to fleetnews Terry Spruce 19 Jun 12 0Company now has fleet of five Bell 430 and two Sikorsky S-76B helicopters Read more
Maiden flight for AW169news Terry Spruce 11 May 12 0The AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter has made its maiden flight at the company’s Cascina Costa facility in Italy Read more
