HeliRussia – Exclases Holdings signs for a GrandNew
Source: AgustaWestland, 17-May-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Exclases Holdings Ltd. has signed a contract for a GrandNew light twin helicopter in VIP transport configuration for operation in Russia. This latest contract brings to five the number of GrandNew helicopters sold in Russia in the last seven months, highlighting the outstanding success of the [...]
Mexico orders six GrandNew for Presidential flight
Source: HeliHub.com, 22-Apr-13
Mexico has ordered six AgustaWestland AW109SP GrandNew helicopters for VVIP work in their Presidential flight. SEDENA (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional), the government agency responsible for the Army and Air Force, says the total contracted value is 776 million pesos – about $63.1M at today’s prices. The Presidential fleet is tasked with flying the President [...]
Australia – Linfox receives sixth new AgustaWestland helicopter in 13 years
Source: HeliHub.com, 19-Apr-13
Australia’s Linfox Property Group is currently taking delivery of its sixth new AgustaWestland helicopter in under thirteen years, a GrandNew. The company describes itself as follows on its website: Since 1985 the Linfox Property Group portfolio has grown extensively with the acquisition and development of some of the largest industrial properties in the Southern Hemisphere. [...]
Waypoint Leasing signs for GrandNew, AW139, AW169 and AW189
Source: AgustaWestland, 07-Mar-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has signed a multi-year multi-aircraft agreement with Waypoint Leasing LLC (“Waypoint”) for GrandNew, AW169, AW139 and AW189 helicopters. The agreement signed today at Heli-Expo by Ed Washecka, Waypoint Leasing’s CEO, and Emilio Dalmasso, AgustaWestland’s Senior VP Commercial Business, includes an initial firm contract for four [...]
Japan National Police orders another GrandNew
Source: AgustaWestland, 07-Mar-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Kanematsu Corporation are pleased to announce they have been awarded a contract by the Japan National Police Agency (JNPA) to supply a GrandNew law enforcement light twin helicopter which will be operated in Kawagawa prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The order brings to three the number [...]
Sloane Helicopters signs for two GrandNew and two AW169s
Source: AgustaWestland, 07-Mar-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Sloane Helicopters Ltd of the United Kingdom has signed a contract for the purchase of two GrandNew light twin and two AW169 light intermediate helicopters. This contract demonstrates the continuing success achieved by the AgustaWestland range of light twin helicopters in the UK market as well [...]
Chartright appointed AW Authorized Service Center
Source: AgustaWestland, 07-Mar-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Chartright Executive Helicopters, located at Toronto’s Lester B Pearson International Airport in Canada, has been appointed as an AgustaWestland Authorized Service Center for the AW109 Power, Grand, GrandNew and all variants of the AW119. As an Authorized Service Center for AgustaWestland commercial helicopters, Chartright Executive Helicopters [...]
First Corporate GrandNew To Be Delivered in North America
Source: AgustaWestland, 05-Mar-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the first GrandNew to be delivered to a Canadian customer and the first corporate configured GrandNew to be delivered in North America is making its debut at Heli-Expo 2013, being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 5th to 7th March.. Bob Brant, AgustaWestland Philadelphia’s [...]
AgustaWestland At Heli-Expo 2013
Source: AgustaWestland, 02-Mar-13
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, will be displaying four of its advanced high performance helicopters on stand #2115 at Heli Expo 2013, which is being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 5th to 7th March. AgustaWestland will also be highlighting its Family of new generation helicopters and its customer support and training services. “With the AW189 [...]
HNZ launches its first AW109 GrandNew in Australia
Source: HNZ Group, 16-Jan-13
The first of three brand new AW109SP’s direct from their Italian factory is airborne at Jandakot WA in final preparation for its end user delivery flight to the remote north-west. The state-of-the-art helicopter is expected to make its way north in late January. Ship number one of three, arrived by sea at Fremantle and was [...]
UK corporate owner upgrades from 109 Grand to GrandNew
Source: HeliHub.com, 20-Dec-12
Sir Peter Ogden, joint founder of the very successful computer services company Computacenter, is upgrading his AW Grand to a GrandNew. Remaining executive chairman until 1997, Sir Peter placed £22.5M into an educational trust – the Ogden Trust – when Computacenter became a UK public company in 1998. The trust fund helps very able students [...]
Rega launches new dispatch system
Source: Rega, 04-Dec-12
On Monday, 3 December 2012, Swiss Air-Rescue Rega put its new dispatch system into operation. The changeover to the new infrastructure went off without a hitch. The introduction of this new system represents a key milestone within the major project, REMICO (Rega Mission Control), which is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014. [...]
Japan approves Donaldson filters for AW109s
Source: Donaldson, 04-Dec-12
Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI) has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval from Japan’s Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) for an Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) system for the AgustaWestland AW109E Power and AW109SP Grand New helicopters. Donaldson produces the only IBF available for these aircraft. With JCAB certification, [...]
AgustaWestland GrandNew and AW609 to feature at EMS conference
Source: HeliHub.com, 02-Nov-12
AgustaWestland is taking the GrandNew it delivered to Doctor Heli earlier this year to an EMS event in Japan next week. The 19th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Aeromedical Services will feature demonstration flights of the aircraft. On Friday 9th November, there will also be a presentation under the title of “Doctor-Heli features [...]
First Corporate/VIP GrandNew in Japan enters service
Source: AgustaWestland, 10-Oct-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the first corporate/VIP transport configured GrandNew for Japan has now entered service. The GrandNew light twin engine helicopter is already in service in Japan performing electronic news gathering, emergency medical services and will soon enter service in the law enforcement role. This VIP/corporate-configured aircraft features a [...]
Kaigai Corporation orders a GrandNew
Source: AgustaWestland, 10-Oct-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Kaigai Corporation has signed a contract for the purchase of a GrandNew light twin helicopter. AgustaWestland and Kaigai Corporation have also agreed the renewal of the successful distribution agreement for the sale of AW119Ke single engine as well as AW109 Power and GrandNew light twins for [...]
Milestone lease two GrandNews to Elilombarda
Source: HeliHub.com, 24-Aug-12
Milestone Aviation Group, the Dublin-based helicopter lessor, has recently delivered two new AgustaWestland AW109SP Grand New to Italian operator Elilombardia. Likely for tax reasons, the aircraft were initially registered in their name for a couple of days in mid-July in the Isle of Man, as seen in our photos here. They were then moved to [...]
Aviasur opens new AW Service Centre in Santiago, Chile
Source: AgustaWestland, 17-Aug-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that a new AgustaWestland Service Centre has been opened by AVIASUR to provide maintenance and other support services for AgustaWestland commercial helicopter customers. The service centre is located at AVIASUR’s modern facility at Santiago’s Arturo Merino BenÃtez International Airport in Chile, where an official opening ceremony was [...]
AgustaWestland makes first GrandNew sale into Poland
Source: AgustaWestland, 27-Jul-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that WIÅšNIOWSKI® of Poland has signed a contract for a GrandNew light twin helicopter in VVIP transport configuration. The aircraft, featuring an exclusive 5 seats interior, is expected to be delivered in late 2012. This contract marks the first sale of the GrandNew light twin in Poland, [...]
Intermountain Life Flight goes live with GrandNew
Source: Intermountain Healthcare, 03-Jul-12
Three of the most sophisticated and safest medical helicopters in the world now call Utah home. The Intermountain Life Flight program, one of the nation’s first air medical transport and rescue services, has added three state-of-the-art Agusta Grand helicopters to its fleet to enhance safety, precision and maneuverability in the rescue and transportation of critically-ill [...]
Superyacht Ilona gets a new helipad for GrandNew
Source: Amels, 18-Jun-12
The iconic Amels 73.7-metre gets a new helipad and pool with movable floor The beautiful 73.7m motoryacht ILONA set sail again in May, after a very successful eight-month refit. While the yacht has been functioning perfectly since her launch in 2004, the owner wanted a major re-design to accommodate some new ideas into ILONA, as [...]
UK – SportsDirect upgrades to a GrandNew
Source: HeliHub.com, 15-Jun-12
The UK CAA yesterday registered a factory-new AgustaWestland AW109SP GrandNew as G-MAOL – serial 22271. Although the registered owner is listed as “Mash Aviation Ltd”, the address matches that of sporting goods retailer SportsDirect – and owner Mike Ashley’s central company is “Mash Holdings”. Ashley is also the owner of football’s Premiership club Newcastle United [...]
Columbia River Bar Pilots acquire AgustaWestland Grand New
Source: Daily Astorian, 23-May-12
The AW109SP is operated by Brim Aviation to whisk bar pilots to and from the Columbia River bar, where they board or disembark from incoming and outgoing vessels. (see full story). The particular aircraft is N361CR serial 22243. [File photo]
EBACE continues to side-track helicopters
Source: HeliHub.com, 14-May-12
The EBACE show in Geneva has a total of just three helicopters on display. Bell have taken their demonstrator 429, while AgustaWestland have brought a GrandNew from a French customer and Eurocopter have an EC135 from a Swiss customer. EBACE, like NBAA in the US, is clearly focussed on the corporate fixed wing market, and [...]
Germany – Automotive group Brose take delivery of GrandNew
Source: HeliHub.com, 30-Apr-12
HeliOnline.de is reporting that German automotive group Brose has taken delivery of a new AgustaWestland AW109SP GrandNew. Serial number 22261 and registered D-HBFS, the two-tone grey corporate helicopter was noted at Munich’s Franz Josef Strauss International Airport on Tuesday last week. The company’s main plant is at Coburg. The company currently flies a Eurocopter EC135 [...]
Japanese Police orders two GrandNew Helicopters
Source: AgustaWestland, 15-Apr-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Kanematsu Corporation are pleased to announce they have been awarded a contract by the Japan National Police Agency (JNPA) to supply two GrandNew law enforcement light twin helicopters as part of an on-going programme to modernise the Police helicopter fleet. The two aircraft will be operated in Saga and Tottori [...]
Shipping company becomes first GrandNew operator in Chile
Source: AgustaWestland, 07-Mar-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the GrandNew light twin helicopter has entered the Chilean helicopter market with the purchase of one aircraft by Naviera Mistral SA [a shipping company, Ed] based in Santiago del Chile. This helicopter will be used to perform VIP/corporate transport missions. The aircraft is scheduled to be [...]
Columbia River Bar Pilots set to receive a GrandNew
Source: AgustaWestland, 15-Feb-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the GrandNew light twin engine helicopter has been selected as the platform of choice by the Columbia River Bar Pilots in Oregon, USA. The GrandNew will replace the existing AW109 Power helicopter that has served as their transport since the early 2000’s. The GrandNew helicopter will [...]
Sloane Helicopters signs distribution agreement for GrandNew helicopters
Source: AgustaWestland, 13-Feb-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company, is pleased to announce that Sloane Helicopters Ltd of the United Kingdom has signed a multiyear distribution agreement covering a significant number of GrandNew light twin helicopters through to 2014. On signing the distribution agreement Sloane Helicopters has also signed a firm order for the first two helicopters. Sloane Helicopters has [...]
GrandNew enters Japan’s Corporate/VIP market
Source: AgustaWestland, 13-Feb-12
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Kaigai Aviotech Corporation are pleased to announce the first sale of a GrandNew light twin helicopter for corporate/VIP transport in the Japanese market. The aircraft is scheduled to be delivered to its customer in late 2012. The GrandNew in addition to having now been selected for VIP/corporate transport role in [...]
Brazil certifies Donaldson inlet barrier filters for AW109E/S/SP
Source: Donaldson, 13-Feb-12
Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI) has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval from Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC) for an Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) system for the AgustaWestland AW109 Power, Grand and Grand New (E/S/SP) helicopters. Donaldson produces the only IBF available for these aircraft. With [...]
IHC equips first AW109SP with Donaldson inlet barrier filter system
Source: Donaldson, 08-Feb-12
Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), is pleased to announce that Intermountain Healthcare’s (IHC) Life Flight in Utah has installed and is operating the world’s first AgustaWestland AW109SP Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) system. Longtime air medical operator IHC Life Flight selected the IBF system to reduce direct engine operating [...]
Doctor Heli adds a GrandNew
Source: AgustaWestland, 10-Jan-12
Editor note – HeliHub.com broke the story of new AgustaWestland AW109SP for Doctor Heli back in August 2011 – see story AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Kaigai Aviotech Corporation are pleased to announce that Kagoshima International Aviation of Japan has taken delivery of a GrandNew light twin helicopter. This aircraft will be used to perform [...]
Schenk Air buys two AW109SP GrandNew
Source: HeliHub.com, 04-Jan-12
Austrian operator Schenk Air has recently registered a pair of AgustaWestland AW109SP Grand New helicopters as OE-XCS and OE-XSE – factory new deliveries with serial numbers 22253 and 22254 respectively. These replace a pair of AW109E Powers which have been sold to the Italian operator Elilombardia – and are seen in the image associated with [...]
French operator adds fourth AW109SP GrandNew
Source: HeliHub.com, 03-Jan-12
French company Sky Group has added a fourth AgustaWestland AW109SP Grand New to their fleet – something unheard of in France where patriotism to the local Eurocopter brand is usually very high indeed. While subsidiary Skycam Helicopters does also fly Eurocopter aircraft, their AW109 fleet does set them apart in France. Serial number 22242, registered [...]
Rega Foundation appoints new President
Source: HeliHub.com, 11-Dec-11
The current President of the board of Trustees of Rega Foundation stands down at the end of December 2011. Albert Keller has served for 10 years having taken over the role at the beginning of 2002. He has had an eventful time as a President, including the procurement of new helicopters, introduction of a new [...]
Sampoerna set to receive an AgustaWestland GrandNew
Source: AgustaWestland, 07-Dec-11
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce the sale of a GrandNew light twin engine helicopter to Sampoerna (PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna Tbk.) which will be used for the transport of VIPs and many levels of management throughout Indonesia from Sumatra, through Java, to Sumbawa, Flores and Sulawesi. The helicopter was ordered earlier this [...]
Rega disappointed at Federal Court decision
Source: Rega, 14-Nov-11
electronic translation…. The Air Rescue Service is committed to ensuring that the contributions of patrons can be used in full for the air rescue and not subject to VAT.Disappointed, she takes the decision of the Federal Court noted that the sponsor contributions are still subject to VAT. Since June 2008, the VAT paid on the [...]
Sloane Helicopters takes delivery of first UK GrandNew
Source: HeliHub.com, 29-Sep-11
AgustaWestland’s ubiquitous red table cloth appeared again at Helitech for a signing ceremony with UK distributor Sloane Helicopters. The event was the handover of the UK’s first GrandNew helicopter, which they have imported for a UK corporate owner (see HeliHub.com story). Seen in our photo here are Bruno Spagnolini (CEO of AgustaWestland) and David George [...]
Société FCL takes delivery of a GrandNew
Source: AgustaWestland, 28-Sep-11
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Société FCL of France has taken delivery of a GrandNew light twin engine helicopter. The helicopter was handed over at a ceremony held at AgustaWestland’s Vergiate facility in Italy on 23rd September. The helicopter will be used for private and charter services from its base in [...]
GrandNew and two AW169s for Falcon Aviation Services
Source: AgustaWestland, 28-Sep-11
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that FAS (Falcon Aviation Services) of Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) has signed a contract for a GrandNew light twin and a preliminary sale contract for two AW169 helicopters. These latest contracts were signed at the delivery ceremony recently held at AgustaWestland’s Vergiate facility in Italy for [...]
Public Security Bureau of Ordos orders two GrandNew
Source: AgustaWestland, 16-Sep-11
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Public Security Bureau of Ordos, in China’s Inner Mongolia, has ordered two GrandNew twin-engine helicopters. The two helicopters will be used to perform fire fighting, rescue, observation, transport and civil protection duties. The GrandNew was selected, following a tender process and a comprehensive evaluation of [...]
Spectrum Aeromed deliver first US-certified EMS interior for Grand New helicopters
Source: Spectrum Aeromed, 02-Aug-11
Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Utah recently received the first of five Grand New helicopters with a US-certified emergency medical service interior designed by Spectrum Aeromed. Spectrum Aeromed created a customized EMS interior for Intermountain’s Grand New helicopter that features a state-of-the-art single-patient stretcher platform, a secondary foldable and stowable patient stretcher, as well [...]
Rega wins approval for first helicopter GPS approach in Switzerland
Source: Rega, 28-Jul-11
(electronic translation from local language) Rega, the Berne hospital now supported in poor visibility, flying on navigation by satellite. The Federal Office of Civil Aviation has approved the Switzerland’s first civilian GPS approach procedures for helicopters. Patients benefit from increased security of supply in case of bad weather and haze layers. Just autumn or winter [...]
Donaldson certifies Engine Inlet Filter System for AW109
Source: Donaldson, 21-Jul-11
Donaldson Aerospace & Defense, a division of Donaldson Company, Inc. (NYSE: DCI), has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for an Inlet Barrier Filter (IBF) system for the AgustaWestland AW109 Power, Grand, Grand New (E/S/SP) helicopters. This new IBF prevents engine damage in adverse and ramp environments alike. AW109 [...]
AgustaWestland delivers first GrandNew to a US customer
Source: AgustaWestland, 18-Jul-11
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Intermountain Healthcare has taken delivery of the first of five GrandNew helicopters. The aircraft is both the first of its kind to be completed in Philadelphia with an EMS configuration and to enter operations with a U.S. customer. The GrandNew will be operated by Intermountain Life [...]
