Airbus and Safran roll out major competitiveness boost to H125 and H130
Safran has significantly reduced direct maintenance costs of its Arriel 2D engine, which equips both Airbus H125 and H130 helicopters. This competitiveness boost will benefit to customers who operates those single engines. The two main improvements provided by Safran...
Hong Kong’s Government Flying Service receive first H175s in public services configuration
Hong Kong based Government Flying Service (GFS) has received three H175s in public services configuration, becoming the world’s first operator of this new variant which enlarges the H175 mission capacity to search and rescue (SAR), emergency medical services, law...
Robertson Fuel Systems and StandardAero reach another safety milestone with EASA certification of retrofittable crash-resistant fuel tank for Airbus Helicopters AS350/EC130
StandardAero has announced the attainment of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for their retrofittable crash-resistant fuel tank (CRFT) system for the Airbus Helicopters AS350 and EC130 family of light single helicopters. The newly approved CRFT...
First public presentation of the ACH130 at the exhibition Ebace
During the exhibition Ebace, Airbus Helicopters presented the first ACH130 delivered since the launch of Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH). The aircraft, delivered with the interior Stylence designed by Airbus, will be operated by Monacair. Frederic Lemos, director...
Rostec presents the light multipurpose helicopter VRT500
On May 24th, during the show HeliRussia, Russian Helicopters presented for the first time the VRT500, its latest light multipurpose helicopter, developed by the engineering consulting firm VR-Technologies. This new machine developed in cooperation with the...
Arriel 2H obtains EASA certification
Saffron Helicopter Engines received the certification EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) for its engine Arriel 2H, installed in the Avicopter AC312E. This Arriel model was selected in 2015 to power this helicopter developed by Avic Harbin Aircraft Industry Group,...
Airbus Helicopters delivers the 200th H145 helicopter to Norsk Luftambulanse
At the beginning of May, Airbus Helicopters delivered the 200th H145 to Norsk Luftambulanse (NOLAS). The air rescue operator will use the aircraft for helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in Norway. The 200th H145 is the final H145 delivered to NOLAS under its...
Leonardo delivers the first AW101 to the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) in the UK
Guto Bebb, British Minister of Defense, announced the delivery of the first AW101 Commando Merlin Mk4 helicopter during a ceremony held at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton yesterday. This event marks an important step forward in the contract with Leonardo, the...
Ardiden 3C obtains EASA certification
Saffron Helicopter Engines received EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) engine type certification for its Ardiden 3C. The engine for the Avicopter AC352 has been developed and built jointly by Saffron Helicopter Engines, Dongan and HAPRI, who are members of the...
Pakistan continues to renew of its fleet of helicopters with an order of additional AW139s
Leonardo announced during April that the Government of Pakistan will introduce into service a certain number of additional AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopters. If the exact number of aircraft has not been communicated, the manufacturer indicated however that...
