Covid-19 impact on helicopter MRO services
There’s no denying that Covid-19 pandemic changed the aviation industry as a whole. According to IATA, in 2020 the aviation industry suffered a net loss of $118.5 billion. Aircraft were…
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Shell selects Airbus H160 for oil & gas ops in Gulf of Mexico
Shell has selected leading US offshore helicopter operator PHI to operate four Airbus H160s to service a support contract in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract marks the entry into…
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Cockpit video for Robinson Helicopters standard for R66
Robinson’s cockpit video camera introduced at Heli Expo 2020 is now optional equipment on R22/R44 helicopters and a standard fitting on R66 Turbine helicopters. The camera is securely mounted in…
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Winch training for LifeFlight doctors in new AW139 helicopter
RACQ LifeFlight Rescue has been Queensland’s leading community helicopter service for the past 40 years – and its latest Leonardo AW139 Land Rover LifeFlight Special Mission helicopter has taken to…
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Bell delivers first Bell 505 NXi to Europe
Bell Textron recently delivered the first European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)-certified Bell 505 NXi to a corporate customer in Europe. The delivery was made at the Bell Textron Prague…
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Airbus unveils FlightLab, the flying helicopter laboratory
+VIDEO Airbus Helicopters has started in-flight tests on board Flightlab, a flying laboratory to quickly test technologies that could later equip Airbus’ current helicopter range – and possibly for future…
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Heli-Union orders two Airbus H160 helicopters
French operator Heli-Union has ordered two multi-mission Airbus H160s to address a wide range of operations. Patrick Molis, CEO of Heli-Union, said, “We are excited to be one of the…
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Bell 505 Jet Ranger X logs 50,000 flight hours
The Bell 505 Jet Ranger X light helicopter has racked up more than 50,000 flight hours since it entered into service at the beginning of 2017. More than 260 Bell…
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Airbus delivers raft of special mission helicopters
Airbus has taken orders and delivered a raft of special mission helicopters over the past month. They include: The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation has taken delivered of the first ever…
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Cambridge Airport signs Apollo Air Services helicopter operator
Cambridge City Airport has become the first southern base for Apollo Air Services, a leading UK VIP helicopter charter service. Apollo already has four bases in the north, in Carlisle,…
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Saudi’s The Helicopter Company orders 10 Airbus H125
Saudi Arabian company,The Helicopter Company (THC), has ordered 10 H125 helicopters from Airbus Helicopters for scenic tourism and aerial work such as filming, banner towing and surveying. The Airbus H125…
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Robinson delivers 1,000th R66 Turbine helicopter
Robinson Helicopter has delivered R66 Turbine serial number 1000 to a Robinson dealer, Les Gillespie of Gardner Aviation in Peachtree City, Georgia. The R66 was FAA-certified in October 2010 and…
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