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Robinson Deliveries Down, but Hopes Are Up for 2017
Robinson Helicopter's 2016 annual delivery numbers dropped sharply from 2015. Last year Robinson delivered 234 aircraft, down from 347 the previous year. The delivery mix included 63 R66 turbine...
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Abu Dhabi's Falcon Aviation Launches AW169 Offshore Service
Falcon Aviation this week became the launch operator for Leonardo’s AW169 helicopter in the oil and gas sector. On January 15, the Abu Dhabi-based operator took delivery of the first of two AW169s. It...
View ArticleFlight Physiology Course To Be Held at Heli-Expo 2017
Aerospace physiological support services provider Delta P will hold an all-day flight physiology course for helicopter operators at Heli-Expo 2017 in Dallas. The course, to be held from 8 a.m. to 5...
View ArticleBell Commercial Deliveries Down, Orders Improve
Bell Helicopter’s commercial deliveries fell by more than a third in the fourth quarter of 2016, but company executives began to see a strengthening on the order side as the year concluded, Bell parent...
View ArticleRobinson Readies To Deliver Its 12,000th Helicopter
Robinson Helicopter has produced its 12,000th helicopter, the Torrance, California-based helicopter manufacturer announced late last week. Company CEO Kurt Robinson said the helicopter rolled off the...
View ArticleAirbus Helo Shipments Rise Despite 'Difficult Year'
Airbus Helicopters delivered 418 rotorcraft last year, a 5 percent increase over 2015, against a market backdrop company CEO Guillaume Faury called “the most difficult year for the helicopter industry...
View ArticleWaypoint Sees Near-term Lift for Offshore Helo Market
Waypoint Leasing is forecasting a near-term recovery for the offshore helicopter market based on fourth-quarter developments in the global energy outlook. Ian Gurekin, Waypoint's chief risk officer,...
View ArticleProposed Boston Helipad Ops Outlined
Operations at the proposed Boston helipad were more clearly outlined at a recent public hearing held by the city’s council committee on transportation. Among the clarifications, officials advised...
View ArticleLuxaviation Launches Helicopter Management Company
Luxaviation Group late last week launched a global VIP helicopter management company with services that include crew provisioning and training, maintenance coordination, charter services, sales and...
View ArticleBristow Secures New Financing as Helo Ops Losses Widen
On Thursday, Bristow Group released its latest results for the quarter ending December 31, reporting a $21.9 million loss on revenues of $324.35 million, compared with a $3.2 million profit on revenues...
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Airbus Helicopters Dominates North American Market
Airbus Helicopters claimed top prize for 2016 deliveries of turbine helicopters into the civil and parapublic markets in North America, delivering 60 new helicopters—50 percent of all deliveries in...
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Third AW609 Airborne, Will Soon Start Icing Trials
The third Leonardo Helicopters AW609 civil tiltrotor, AC3, recently began flight testing from the company's Philadelphia plant and will soon head to Marquette, Michigan, for cold weather testing and...
View ArticleBell V-280 Valor Prepping for Flight-test Program
In a well-guarded hangar tucked away on the Bell Helicopter campus at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport in Texas, a tightly knit team of dedicated technicians and engineers is putting the...
View ArticleU.S. Helo Accident Rate Down for Third Straight Year
The U.S. helicopter accident and fatal accident rates have fallen for the third consecutive year, according to data released today by the FAA. In fact, the overall accident rate fell to 3.19 accidents...
View ArticleAir Methods Shareholder Said to be Pushing for Sale
An Air Methods spokeswoman has declined to comment to AIN on recent reports in the financial press that the company, the nation's largest helicopter EMS operator, might be up for sale and is working...
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Leonardo AW169 Medium Twin Helo Gets FAA Nod
The Leonardo Helicopters AW169 has received validation by the FAA, with deliveries to U.S.-based customers slated to begin this year, the company announced today. This approval follows EASA...
View ArticleBell Opens Helo Training Center in Valencia, Spain
Bell Helicopter’s worldwide customer service and support effort took a major step forward today with the official opening of its first Bell Training Academy outside the U.S. The new center is located...
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HAL Proposes an Indian Multirole Helicopter
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) has launched an Indian multirole helicopter (IMRH) program by displaying a full-scale mockup at the Aero India show in Bangalore. The IMRH is being designed to fulfill...
View ArticleGeneral Electric Pulls Back from Boston Helipad
General Electric has backed off its need for a state-built, public-use helipad near its new Boston headquarters, telling city and state officials that operating its helicopter from Signature Flight...
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Bell Poised To Deliver First Production Jet Ranger X
Bell Helicopter has rolled out its first production 505 Jet Ranger X light single in Mirabel, Quebec, and the ship will be delivered “soon.” The helicopter in question made its first...
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