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Milestone Leases Five S-92s to North Sea Operator

Milestone is extending existing leases, placing more Sikorsky S-92s with Offshore Helicopter Services.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Milestone Aviation Group has signed lease agreements with Offshore Helicopter Services UK Limited for five Sikorsky S-92 helicopters.

Blade Launches Seasonal Hamptons Pass

Blade Air Mobility its offfering a seasonal pass for New York City to Hamptons flights on Sikorsky S-76s helicopters.

Blade Sikorsky S-76C+

Bell Adds Pratt, SNC to HSVTOL Team

Buoyed by V-280 win, Bell presses ahead with high-speed VTOL concept.

Bell HSVTOL

Avic's AC332 Light Twin Helicopter Makes First Flight

Avic's AC332 helicopter—designed specifically for high/hot operations—made its first flight on April 7 in Tianjin, China.

AVIC's AC332 helicopter in flight on April 7 in Tianjin, China.

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Lisa Atherton Appointed Bell CEO

Lisa Atherton will succeed Mitch Snyder as CEO of Bell Helicopter following his retirement.

GAO Rejects Sikorsky FLRAA Appeal

After losing the FLRAA program, Sikorsky examines new markets for its X2 technology.

Siksory Raider-X (Photo: Sikorsky)

Airbus Sells 50 H160 Helicopters To China's GDAT

GDAT deal for 50 Airbus H160s is largest sale to date for the new intermediate twin helicopter.

Airbus H160

Annual Global Helo Market Forecasted at $11.5B by 2032

Future Market Insights report predicts the global helicopter market will reach $11.5 billion by 2032.

Vietnam Suspends Helitours After Fatal Crash

The Vietnamese Civil Aviation Authority has suspended helitour operations following a fatal Bell 505 crash on Wednesday.

VNH Bell 505 helicopters in flight over Ha Long Bay in Vietnam

Bell 407GXi Autopilot UK-Approved

Bell's 3-axis autopilot is available as factory option or retrofit on Bell 407GXis.

Bell’s 407GXi

USCG Taps Honeywell For Helo Radar Upgrade

The U.S. Coast Guard is installing upgraded Honeywell weather radar on its MH-60 and MH-65 helicopters.

Maintenance and Modifications

USCG Airbus MH-65 Dolphin multimission helicopter in flight

Alabama Air Medical Crash Kills Two Crew

An Air Methods Airbus EC130T2 crashed while attempting a scene pickup.

Flight track of Airbus EC130T2 registration N231SH prior to crash on April 2, 2023.

Loft Dynamics Demos Airbus H125 360-degree Full-Motion VR Helicopter Simulator

Loft Dynamics Demos Airbus H125 360-degree Full-Motion VR Helicopter Simulator

Exploring Trade-offs and Options for Obsolete Helo Avionics

Operators have a number of factors to consider, and options, as they move forward with swapping out old avionics.

Garmin AS350 upgrade

Tight Helicopter Market In Hover

Pent-up demand erupts as supply chain problems continue in the helicopter market.

Med Rescue Agusta AW139 helicopter in flight with crew at open side door

UAE’s Falcon Aviation Adds San Marino AOC

Falcon Aviation Services will add four aircraft under a second air operator certificate from San Marino's Civil Aviation Authority.

Lineage 1000 managed by Falcon Aviation at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi

Sumitomo Takes Large Stake In Helicopter Lessor LCI

Sumitomo Mitsui Finance, which acquired a 35 percent stake in LCI, intends to grow that business by $1.5 billion.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

digital rendering of fleet of LCI aircraft in flight

Report: Offshore Helo Industry Headed for Crisis

A recent Air & Sea Analytics report addresses challenges facing the offshore helicopter industry and says the industry is "sleep-walking into a crisis."

Helicopter landing on offshore helipad

Milestone Selling 12 Helicopters to Macquarie

A 12-helicopter sales deal between lessors Milestone Aviation and Macquarie Rotorcraft is a sign of "strong liquidity," the companies say.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

Fleeing Driver Charged with Deaths of Police Flight Crew

Baton Rouge Police R44 helicopter crashed during high-speed chase.

Robinson R44

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