Helicopter Industry News

Airbus Helicopters’ multi-role twin engine H160 has been granted its type certificate by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), marking a new chapter for the programme. The company is expec...

There was some much needed good news for Airbus with the decision of Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) to  order one new H225 and four H135 helicopters as part of its fleet modernisation programme ...

StandardAero and Thales have announced that automotive accessories firm WeatherTech is the launch customer for their advanced 4-axis Compact Autopilot System for the Airbus Helicopters H125/AS350 pla...

Airbus Helicopters added 250 helicopters to HCare Smart and Infinite contracts in 2019, increasing to 2,250 the number of aircraft now covered by a global HCare material management contract. This mea...

LCI, a helicopter lessor and the aviation division of the Libra Group, has sealed new partnerships with two leading financial institutions as it continues to grow its fleet. The lessor has just tak...

VR-Technologies, a subsidiary of Russian Helicopters Holding Company, and Pratt & Whitney signed a contract for fitting the light VRT500 helicopter with gas-turbine PW207V engines. PW207V is the ad...

Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised Flexam Invest (Flexam) on a co-investment vehicle containing five helicopters which include three Leonardo AW139 and two Sikorsky S92 owned by LCI Helicopte...

Aero Asset has released the latest information on third-quarter Helicopter market trends revealing that a total of 37% of pre-owned twin engine helicopter buyers were in this territory Q3, up from 31...

Air Greenland has ordered two Airbus H225 heavy helicopters to support its bid to win its home country’s search and rescue (SAR) contract. Under the terms of a firm contract assisted by Airbus Heli...

Airbus Helicopters has delivered its 1,000th Super Puma helicopter: a twin-engine multi-role H215 assembled in Marignane, France, to the German Federal Police. This delivery completes the German F...

Russian rotary-wing MRO provider UTair Engineering has chosen AMOS becoming the second member of the UTair Group to choose AMOS, following the airline UTair Aviation, who joined the AMOS Community in...

Airbus Helicopters has secured an ACH160 order from a new undisclosed customer based in the Philippines. The order marks the launching of the ACH160 in the Southeast Asia and Pacific region. It ...