CHC transfers Super Puma from Angola to UK
Source: HeliHub.com, 24-May-12
CHC have in the last 24 hours registered a AS332L2 Super Puma in the UK – serial 2398 as G-CHCY. This aircraft had previously been operated for eight years by SonAir in Angola in full CHC colours and titles. Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com
Angola’s SonAir completes delivery of six Sikorsky S76C++
Source: HeliHub.com, 01-Feb-12
SonAir has recently taken delivery of the second batch of three Sikorsky S76C++ helicopters to complete the order for six which the manufacturer announced in March 2011. The first three, serial number 797, 809 and 810 were all cancelled from the FAA register to Angola in late October and early November. The remainder, serials 811, [...]
Brazil trains Angolan Police pilots and engineers
Source: HeliHub.com, 11-Nov-11
In a ceremony in Luanda on Tuesday 8th November, thirteen new pilots were presented by Angolan National Police aviation commander João Lello to general commissioner Ambrosio de Lemos. In his speech to those present, Mr Lello said that the pilots had been trained in Brazil along with twenty maintenance engineers. A further nine pilots and [...]
Angola’s National Police takes delivery of 10th AS350B3
Source: Eurocopter, 22-Jun-11
Eurocopter is celebrating the delivery of the tenth AS350 B3 Ecureuil (Astar) helicopter to Angola’s National Police Force’s Helicopter Unit, strengthening its airborne law enforcement capabilities and at the same time, expanding its modern and versatile rotor wing fleet. This latest delivery concludes the 2009 contract to supply a fleet of 10 AS350 B3s delivered [...]
Angola’s SonAir signs for six S-76C++
Source: Sikorsky, 06-Mar-11
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and SonAir Servico Aereo, S.A. (SonAir) today announced the signing of a contract for six S-76C++™ helicopters in a ceremony held at Heli-Expo. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). SonAir has been flying Sikorsky products for more than 15 years in support of offshore oil operations in Angola. [...]
Regional heliport to be built support road traffic control in central Humabo province
Source: Angola Press, 15-Feb-09
