Eurocopter’s long-term commitment to Brazil marked at the LAAD 2013
Source: Eurocopter, 11-Apr-13
This week’s LAAD Defense & Security exposition will feature a comprehensive lineup of Eurocopter light- and medium-lift helicopters, underscoring the company’s position as a rotorcraft supplier to Brazil’s civil and military operators while also highlighting its role as a strategic partner to the country’s aviation industry. Exhibited at the Riocentro convention center in Rio de [...]
Emergency Helicopter to be Based in Golden Triangle
Source: The Columbus Packet, 10-Apr-13
MedStat EMS announces the expansion of its Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (see full story).
UK – ExecuJet Europe adds first helicopter to managed fleet
Source: ExecuJet Europe, 10-Apr-13
ExecuJet Europe, the leading global business aviation organisation, is adding the first helicopter to its managed fleet, the Eurocopter EC155, based at Cambridge Airport. The EC155 helicopter has capacity for eight VIP passengers and two pilots. With a range of more than 500 miles, the aircraft will primarily be used for transfers to the City [...]
09-Apr-13 C-GZBA Eurocopter AS350B3e Tenquille Lake, Canada
09-Apr-13
Blade strike on landing after snow blew up around helicopter on approach
Malta – Eurocopter loses court appeal against AgustaWestland
Source: HeliHub.com, 08-Apr-13
Just three weeks after Eurocopter appealed the process when they lost a tender for three helicopters to AgustaWestland, a court in Malta has upheld the original decisions. Eurocopter had resorted to an official court review after the failure of two administrative appeals to the Public Contract Review Board. The appeal was reportedly on the basis [...]
AeroSimulators to support Bond and INAER simulators
Source: AeroSimulators, 08-Apr-13
AeroSimulators announced today that it has entered into simulator maintenance and support agreements with Bond Air Services and INAER Helicópteros Off-Shore. Under the support agreements, AeroSimulators will be responsible for the delivery and provision of spares, support equipment, maintenance and re-certification services, as well as on-site training and documentation. These support services will cover an [...]
Canada issues RFP for Coastguard Bo105 replacement
Source: Canadian Government, 08-Apr-13
The Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for Status of Women, today announced that Public Works and Government Services Canada, on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the procurement of light helicopters, under the Coast Guard helicopter fleet renewal procurement. “Our Government [...]
Wales Air Ambulance makes historic first night flight
Source: Wales Air Ambulance, 07-Apr-13
Wales Air Ambulance completed a historic mission this week with the charity’s first ever night mission. The lifesaving charity made its maiden flight during darkness hours on Monday, March 25, saving the life of a 59-year-old man who had suffered a heart attack. The mission follows weeks of extensive night flight training for pilots and [...]
Unity4 brings fundraising capability to Wales Air Ambulance
Source: Unity4, 05-Apr-13
Not for profit organisations count on donations to further their cause and extend much needed help to the communities they serve. As a non-government funded charity, Wales Air Ambulance (WAA) needs the necessary financial support and selected Unity4, the global home agent contact centre outsourcer and technology provider, to carry out this key function noting [...]
Feadship prepare to deliver 99m yacht with enclosed helicopter hangar
Source: HeliHub.com, 05-Apr-13
Dutch shipyard Feadship is currently conducting pre-delivery trials on their largest superyacht to date – the 99m long ship known as “Project Dream”. In their press release they indicate that “Experience of a different kind underpinned some of the other special requests for this latest member of the Feadship fleet. Leveraging on the expertise accrued [...]
No criminal proceedings for April 2009 Bond AS332L2 accident
Source: Scottish Crown Office, 05-Apr-13
On 1 April 2009 Super Puma helicopter AS332 L2 G-REDL crashed into the North Sea resulting in the deaths of all 16 men on board. Having carefully considered all the circumstances of this incident, Crown Counsel have decided that there is insufficient evidence for a prosecution and as result no criminal proceedings are instructed. The [...]
Eurocopter and Turbomeca to work with WZL1 for Polish production lines
Source: Eurocopter, 05-Apr-13
As reported by HeliHub.com on 25th March – see Eurocopter to set up production in Poland? – what follows below is the official press release from Eurocopter Eurocopter and Turbomeca (Safran) today announced the signature of industrial cooperation agreements with Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze No. 1 (WZL-1) that include the creation of two separate full assembly [...]
Bond extends contract with North West Air Ambulance by 7 years
Source: Bond Air Services, 05-Apr-13
Bond Air Services (Bond), the largest operator of air ambulance aviation units in the UK, has been awarded a new seven-year contract by North West Air Ambulance (NWAA). The contract, worth just over £10 million, is to provide air ambulance support across five counties in North West England. Under the new contract, Bond will continue [...]
05-Apr-12 Eurocopter BK117 Parsdorf, Germany
05-Apr-13
“Christoph 1″ helicopter cut telephone line on approach to site landing to pick up patient injured in equine accident
Metro Aviation begins completion of Boston MedFlight EC145
Source: Metro Aviation, 04-Apr-13
Metro Aviation visited with representatives from Boston MedFlight and American Eurocopter recently to begin production of MedFlight’s new EC145. The new aircraft will replace one of their two BK117 C1s. The new fleet configuration will include the EC145, BK117, and the S76. “We are excited about operating our very first EC145 and look forward to [...]
Step Change in Safety report highlights offshore safety achievements
Source: Step Change, 04-Apr-13
Step Change in Safety has published its 2013 Annual Update report and has called on the UK oil and gas industry to continue its focus on improving safety performance. The report reviews the organisation’s achievements over the last year and identifies where it will focus its attention in future. Highlights include: The launch of the Workforce Engagement Toolkit – [...]
Eurocopter Japan delivers world-first helicopter equipped for high-speed, real-time data transmission
Source: Eurocopter, 03-Apr-13
The capabilities of Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) in crisis response and coordination will be significantly improved following its introduction of a Eurocopter AS365 N3 helicopter equipped with a high-speed, real-time transmission system using Earth-orbiting relay satellites – a world’s first. This installation – called the Helicopter Satellite Communication System (HSA) – enables [...]
Metro Aviation to complete EC155 for second HEMS user in US
Source: Metro Aviation, 03-Apr-13
After completing the first three EC155s to be used for HEMS operations in the US early last year, Metro Aviation is preparing to complete another Eurocopter EC155, this time for Shands at the University of Florida’s ShandsCair. The ShandsCair aircraft will be the fourth EC155 used for HEMS in the country. Metro Aviation received an [...]
Eurocopter’s Ecureuil family arrives in Bangladesh
Source: Eurocopter, 03-Apr-13
Eurocopter makes a breakthrough into the Bangladeshi civil helicopter market with the arrival of the country’s first Eurocopter rotorcraft this year. An EC130 B4 was delivered to R&R Aviation; while an AS350 B3e was showcased to civilian and governmental prospects in a two-day flight demonstration. Both aircraft are light helicopters belonging to Eurocopter’s world renowned [...]
03-Apr-13 ZK-IBK Eurocopter BK117 Wellington, New Zealand
03-Apr-13
Main rotor blades struck tail boom while running up on roof-top helipad. Incident blamed on freak wind gust
Peru chooses Mi-171 over Super Puma
Source: HeliHub.com, 02-Apr-13
Reports from South America are saying that the Peruvian Government has picked the Mil Mi-171 over the EUrocopter AS332L2 Super Puma for their 24 ship requirement for the fight against drug trafficking. The final deal is expected to be signed at a value of $486 million, of which $406 million relates to the helicopters themselves, [...]
First AS350B3e delivered to UK market
Source: Eurocopter UK, 02-Apr-13
The AS350B3e, the newest version of Eurocopter’s successful Ecureuil family, is the latest addition to the UK’s important single engine helicopter fleet in Private/Business Aviation. After its entry into service in September 2011, the AS350B3e, the latest version of the powerful 7 seat, 2,3 ton AS350 single engine helicopter family was delivered for the first [...]
30-Mar-13 N911AA Eurocopter AS350B3 Talkeetna, US-Alaska (3F)
30-Mar-13
Two Alaska State Troopers and a rescued snowmobiler died in the crash. A press release later named them as Alaska State Trooper pilot Mel Nading, Trooper Tage Toll of Talkeetna, and Carl Ober, the 56-year-old injured snowmachiner from Talkeetna
30-Mar-13 F-HJTE Eurocopter AS350B3 Concorezzo, Italy
30-Mar-13
Substantially damaged in landing accident. Sole occupant pilot not injured
Spain ships three Tigers to Afghanistan
Source: Spanish Military, 28-Mar-13
[electronic translation] In his first combat mission, the ‘Tiger’ capacities to provide protection and security to our forces in retreat Three helicopters ‘Tiger’ Battalion Attack Helicopter (BHELA) No. 1, located at the base ‘Coronel Sánchez Bilbao’ de Almagro (Ciudad Real), have been embarked today on a transport plane ‘Antonov’ for transfer to the base of Herat.There [...]
BHIC unit appointed MRO centre of Eurocopter
Source: The Sun, 28-Mar-13
Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd’s (BHIC) unit BHIC Aeroservices Sdn Bhd (BHICAS) has been appointed as the approved maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre of Eurocopter (see full story)
Eurocopter Kazakhstan JV to produce EC645T2
Source: Tengri News, 27-Mar-13
Eurocopter Kazakhstan Engineering JV [the agreement on establishing the JV was signed October 27, 2010 in France] plans to start producing EC645 T2 military helicopters,Tengrinews.kz reports, citing Kazakhstan Engineering’s Press Service (see full story).
GKN Aerospace to upgrade UK RAF Puma fuel tanks
Source: GKN Aerospace, 27-Mar-13
GKN Aerospace has been contracted by Eurocopter UK to develop upgraded fuel tanks as part of the UK RAF’s life extension programme (LEP) for its fleet of Puma helicopters. The new self-sealing fuel tanks will enhance the helicopter’s survivability in today’s theatres of operation, providing extended protection for the crew against weapons such as heavy [...]
Weststar Aviation Services order two Eurocopter EC225s
Source: Eurocopter, 27-Mar-13
Following major orders of the EC225 signed at the Heli-Expo earlier this month in Las Vegas, the sales momentum for this 11-ton class helicopter from Eurocopter’s Super Puma family continues at the Langkawi Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition this week in Malaysia with an order for two units from Weststar Aviation Services. A Memorandum of Understanding [...]
More STC Approvals for Latitude’s SkyNode Satcom and IONode FDM Systems
Source: Latitude, 27-Mar-13
Latitude Technologies (Latitude) announced that the company has received a FAA STC for the SkyNode S100 flight following and flight date transceiver for installation in more than 800 Part 23 category aircraft. Latitude has also recently received FAA approval of the SkyNode S100 including the IONode Flight Data Monitoring system for light helicopters including Bell [...]
26-Mar-13 9Y-TIC Eurocopter Bo105 Cedros, Trinidad & Tobago
26-Mar-13
Blade struck tree during forced landing while on police operations. Sole-occupant pilot not injured. Photo set here on C News Live page on Facebook
24-Mar-13 N353DL Eurocopter AS350B3 Stevens Village, US-Alaska
24-Mar-13
On landing, pilot looked to ensure tail rotor clearance and inadvertently inputted cyclic. Helicopter rolled up on one skid and main rotor blades struck the ground. Helicopter was involved in load lifting operations
24-Mar-13 N571LF Eurocopter EC130 Atmore, US-Alabama
24-Mar-13
Door separated and struck rotors. FAA quotes this as N571LF which is incorrect as that is a fixed-wing registration [if it is an ..LF registration, then N209LF and N506LF are EC130s based in Alabama]
Super Puma AS332 L2 G-REDL Fatal Accident Inquiry announced
Source: Crown Office, 22-Mar-13
On 1 April 2009 Super Puma helicopter AS332 L2 G-REDL crashed into the North Sea resulting in the deaths of all 16 men on board. Having carefully considered all the circumstances of this incident, Crown Counsel have decided that there is insufficient evidence for a prosecution and as result no criminal proceedings are instructed. The [...]
Eurocopter’s Kazakhstan JV accused of labour law violations
Source: Eurasianet, 21-Mar-13
Just a week after proudly announcing the expansion of the Kazakh-European joint venture producing military helicopters, it seems that relations between Kazakhstan’s government and its European partner, defense giant Eurocopter, may be getting rocky (see full story).
“Spirit of Mercy” EC130 takes flight in Arkansas
Source: Mercy Northwest Arkansas, 21-Mar-13
While winding roads and steep inclines provide much of Northwest Arkansas’ (NWA) beauty and allure, the landscape makes medical transport difficult. Thanks to Mercy and Air Methods Corporation’s partnership, area residents have a new emergency medical helicopter featuring the latest technology and safety advancements. Whether it’s a heart attack, stroke or serious automobile injury, the [...]
21-Mar-13 D-HEGB Eurocopter AS332L1 Berlin, Germany
21-Mar-13
Two helicopters collided in white-out conditions during a police exercise. An AS332L2 and a EC155 had landed and kicked up a lot of snow. The pilot of a second AS332 landing soon after then suffered white-out and landed too close to the EC155, killing the pilot. Three other injuries reported.
21-Mar-13 D-HLTM Eurocopter EC155 Berlin, Germany (1F)
21-Mar-13
Two helicopters collided in white-out conditions during a police exercise. An AS332L2 and a EC155 had landed and kicked up a lot of snow. The pilot of a second AS332 landing soon after then suffered white-out and landed too close to the EC155, killing the pilot. Three other injuries reported.
Cornwall Air Ambulance switches operator away from Bond
Source: HeliHub.com, 20-Mar-13
Cornwall Air Ambulance, one of the early pioneers of EMS helicopters in the UK, will move away from Bond Air Services after working with them for 27 years. From December 2014, the charity will stop flying a red EC135 and move over to a pair of MD Explorers, operated for them by Medical Aviation Services. [...]
Eurocopter reports on third round of EC225 tests
Source: Eurocopter, 20-Mar-13
The third round of tests at Eurocopter – which focused on the bevel gear shaft – is complete. The investigation timetable is proceeding according to plan, with each step bringing us closer to the probable causes and solutions. The investigation results are currently being analyzed and will be reported by Eurocopter in accordance with the [...]
Air Methods to Utilize FlightSafety’s Eurocopter EC135 Simulator
Source: Air Methods Corporation, 20-Mar-13
Air Methods Corporation (Nasdaq: AIRM), the global leader in air medical transportation, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with FlightSafety International to use its Dallas-based Eurocopter EC135 Level D qualified full flight simulator for the Company’s pilot training program. Air Methods believes simulator training enhances the Company’s pilot training program by affording [...]
EC175 completes US demonstration tour
Source: Eurocopter, 20-Mar-13
The Eurocopter EC175’s performance, advanced avionics, handling qualities and operational safety received rave reviews during a U.S. demonstration tour of this next-generation medium-sized, twin-engine helicopter for airlift providers to the off-shore oil and gas sector, as well as the law enforcement and emergency medical services sectors. Performed with the no. 1 series production EC175, the [...]
Cabell Huntington Hospital introduces EC130
Source: Cabell Huntington Hospital, 20-Mar-13
Cabell Huntington Hospital and HealthNet Aeromedical Services today unveiled a new aircraft with features to enhance the care of patients who are transported to and from the hospital by air. The new helicopter is a Eurocopter EC-130 that includes more space for patient care and the latest technology to aid flight nurses and crew members. [...]
Soloy SD2 Kit Approved for Installation in China
Source: Soloy Aviation Solutions, 19-Mar-13
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) issued a Validation STC (VSTC0601) of the Supplemental Type Certificate approving Soloy Aviation Solutions’ Honeywell engine conversion in Chinese registered AS350B2 helicopters, replacing the factory Turbomeca powerplant. The validation of Soloy’s successful STC, which approves the installation of the Honeywell LTS101-700D-2 engine in the Eurocopter AS350B2, will allow [...]
Blue Hawaiian Voted “Best Helicopter Tour Company”
Source: Blue Hawaiian Helicopter, 19-Mar-13
In Fall 2012, HAWAII Magazine asked their 200,000 print-edition readers and their website readers to share their “Hawaii’s Best” selections in more than 60 categories. The 50,000 votes were compiled into the inaugural HAWAII Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards that appear in the March/April issue of the magazine. The categories cover favorites among hotels and resorts; Hawaiian islands and towns; ways to [...]
Eurocopter EC145T2 tours the US
Source: Eurocopter, 19-Mar-13
Following a stop at the Heli-Expo air show in Las Vegas, the EC145 T2 began its own demo flight tour in the U.S. After a few flights in Las Vegas itself, the newest version of the proven EC145 continued on to California for a series of demo flights with electrical companies. The first stop was [...]
UK AAIB issues EC225 investigation update
Source: AAIB, 18-Mar-13
This Special Bulletin contains information on the progress of the investigation into the emergency lubrication systems and the Crash Position Indicators (CPI) for the accidents to G-REDW on 10 May 2012 and to G-CHCN on 22 October 2012. This follows the publication of previous Special Bulletins S2/2012, S3/2012, S5/2012, S6/2012 and S7/2012. Download report: S2-2013 [...]
Metro Aviation begins configuration of EC145 for Memorial MedFlight
Source: Metro Aviation, 18-Mar-13
Metro Aviation recently received a new Eurocopter EC145 for Memorial MedFlight, the air medical and critical care transport team for Beacon Health System’s Memorial Hospital of South Bend. Metro Aviation is performing the completion of the new aircraft at its main facility located in Shreveport, Louisiana. “While working with Metro Aviation, everyone has made me [...]
Police Service of Northern Ireland order second EC145
Source: Eurocopter, 15-Mar-13
The acquisition of an EC145 by the Police Service of Northern Ireland will add another helicopter to this agency’s all-Eurocopter fleet, and reinforces the company’s impressive presence with law enforcement agencies in the British Isles. This latest rotary-wing aircraft is to be delivered in the first half of 2013, joining the Police Service of Northern [...]
Carilion to start construction of helicopter hangar in Lexington
Source: Carilion, 13-Mar-13
As part of a move to better coordinate its air medical services, Carilion Clinic is building hangars and other facilities for emergency helicopters based at Lexington and Smith Mountain Lake. Construction will begin later this month on a hangar, crew quarters and offices on a half-acre site behind Carilion Stonewall Jackson Hospital in Lexington, the [...]
Avincis and Eurocopter sign global framework agreement, including ten EC145T2
Source: Avincis Group, 13-Mar-13
Avincis Group (Avincis), the world’s leading provider of aerial services for mission critical operations, and Eurocopter today announced a global framework agreement, including the acquisition of 10 new EC145 T2 helicopters for emergency medical service (EMS) work. Announced at Heli-Expo in Las Vegas, the agreement covers aftermarket support and training, as well as the purchase [...]
Bond SAR crew win award for courage
Source: Bond Aviation Group, 13-Mar-13
Two Bond Offshore Helicopters (Bond) Search and Rescue (SAR) crewmen have been awarded the Billy Deacon SAR Memorial Trophy 2012, in recognition of their key role in a dramatic North Sea rescue last December. The award honours SAR winchmen and operators who have shown great skill and courage in carrying out rescues over land or [...]
TNT approves unscripted docu-drama “Life Flight”
Source: TNT, 13-Mar-13
TNT has greenlit Life Flight, a riveting unscripted docu-drama that follows air-ambulance teams as they race to save lives. TNT has ordered six episodes of the series, which is slated to launch in early 2014. Life Flight follows the dedicated teams from Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, where the Life Flight service was born. The series [...]
EADS appoints Guillaume Faury new CEO of Eurocopter
Source: EADS, 12-Mar-13
The EADS Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Lutz Bertling as Chief Executive Officer of Eurocopter and Member of the EADS Group Executive Committee, effective 30 April 2013. Bertling, 50, has been at the helm of the Group’s helicopter Division since November 2006 and had recently expressed his desire to depart the Group [...]
President/CEO Lutz Bertling leaves Eurocopter
Source: Bombardier, 12-Mar-13
Bombardier today announced the appointment of Lutz Bertling as President and Chief Operating Officer of Berlin-based Bombardier Transportation, effective June 3, 2013. Prior to joining Bombardier, Mr. Bertling was President and Chief Executive Officer of Eurocopter Group, a subsidiary of EADS. Mr. Bertling replaces Mr. André Navarri, who will remain as Strategic Advisor to the [...]
Eurocopter booked 69 orders at Heli-Expo 2013
Source: Eurocopter, 12-Mar-13
New orders and commitments for Eurocopter’s helicopter family, along with an unveiling of the latest evolution in its product line, marked the company’s highly successful participation at Heli-Expo 2013 – the rotorcraft industry’s largest international gathering, held this month in Las Vegas, Nevada. The bookings covered products ranging from Eurocopter’s light single-engine AS350 helicopter to [...]
EC175 demo for offshore oil and gas industry
Source: Eurocopter, 12-Mar-13
Eurocopter and American Eurocopter are bringing a new EC175 helicopter, configured for offshore oil and gas industry transport, to the Houston area for demonstrations on Thursday and Friday, March 14-15. As part of the demonstration tour news media are invited to come see and fly in the EC175 on March 14 at Western Airways, 100 [...]
Germany – New office building for “Christoph 41″
Source: DRF, 12-Mar-13
[electronic translation] On 19 March 1973 saw the first use of the rescue helicopter “Christoph 41″ of the DRF Air Rescue in Stuttgart. At this time, the red and white helicopter was stationed in Boeblingen. After changing stations 27 years ago, he has found his home on the Leonberger hospital. Today – 40 years later and nearly 40,000 missions [...]
EC175 US Demo Tour Continues Over Las Vegas
Source: Eurocopter, 11-Mar-13
Following a brief pause to be on the booth at eurocoper the EC175 U.S. Demo Tour continues with a few lucky pilots taking the controls in Las Vegas on Saturday. Direct from the Henderson Executive Airport, the EC175 teams welcomed three customers for a series of demonstration flights over the desert. Check out the video below [...]
Memorial MedFlight in South Bend Adding EC145
Source: Eurocopter, 11-Mar-13
American Eurocopter, the leading provider of helicopters to the U.S. air medical transport industry, announced that Memorial MedFlight in South Bend, Ind., has purchased an EC145. The new aircraft will improve and expand Memorial MedFlight’s patient care capability by increasing the program’s range and service area, allowing it to better serve the critical care transport [...]
Capital Helicopter opens new helipad in Beijing
Source: What's On Sanya, 09-Mar-13
Recently, Capital Helicopter Co, a major helicopter service provider in China in terms of fleet size, opened a new helipad by the Third Ring Road in Beijing to transport clients to and from the city center. (see full story)
Eurocopter creates new UK-based PR role
Source: PR Week, 09-Mar-13
Eurocopter has created a new top PR role to help drive comms efforts amid a Civil Aviation Authority ban on its EC225 Super Puma helicopters following North Sea ditching incidents last year (see full story)
Pop Artist Romero Britto Makes AS350B3e a True Work of Art
Source: American Eurocopter, 09-Mar-13
Robert Spiegel has always been a fan of pop art. So when the South Florida commercial real estate executive purchased a Eurocopter AS350 B3e for corporate use by his family-owned Poinciana Management Inc., located in Palm Beach, Florida, he had an idea for the perfect paint scheme. “I‘ve always had an interest in the arts, [...]
Mountain Air Helicopters will put new AS350B3e right to work
Source: American Eurocopter, 09-Mar-13
Mountain Air Helicopters will take delivery of its new Eurocopter AS350B3e helicopter on Friday following the Heli-Expo 2013 trade show, where the aircraft used by American Eurocopter to demonstrate the capabilities of the latest in the AS350 AStar line of light single-engine helicopters. Mountain Air, based in Los Lunas, N.M., operates five earlier AStar models. [...]
Avincis and Eurocopter sign a global framework agreement
Source: Avincis Group, 09-Mar-13
Avincis Group (Avincis), the world’s leading provider of aerial services for mission critical operations, and Eurocopter today announced a global framework agreement that includes the acquisition of 10 new EC145 T2 helicopters for emergency medical service (EMS) work. Announced at the Heli-Expo industry trade show in Las Vegas, the agreement covers aftermarket support and training, [...]
Midwest MedAir purchases Eurocopter EC135P2e
Source: American Eurocopter, 09-Mar-13
American Eurocopter today announced the purchase of an Eurocopter EC135 P2e helicopter by Midwest Medical Transport Co., Nebraska’s largest EMS transport company. Midwest Medical Transport serves all of Nebraska and western Iowa. With 12 stations and a staff of highly trained and certified personnel, the company provides care through a fleet of ALS equipped ambulances [...]
Med-Trans continues addition of Eurocopter EC135s to its fleet
Source: American Eurocopter, 09-Mar-13
Med-Trans Corporation, a leading provider of air medical transport services, has ordered its 14th EC135 helicopter from American Eurocopterec135-med-trans-florida1 in the last six months. American Eurocopter announced the latest order Thursday at the Heli-Expo 2013 trade show in Las Vegas. The order, along with three others placed in December, is part of an agreement with [...]
Vector Financial Services to lease two AS332L to Peruvian operator
Source: Vector Aerospace, 08-Mar-13
Peruvian operator Servicios Aéreos de Los Andes will operate two modernized Eurocopter Super Puma AS332L helicopters through a lease and support contract with Vector Financial Services, a subsidiary of Vector Aerospace Corporation. These two helicopters – which are from Vector Financial Services’ rotorcraft portfolio – will be in operation by this summer, serving the region’s [...]
MAG Tapped for Eurocopter X4 Landing Gear Shock Absorbers
Source: Mecaer, 08-Mar-13
Mecaer Aviation Group (MAG) announced today that, following an intense international competition, it has been selected by Eurocopter to design and manufacture the landing gears’ shock absorbers for the new-generation X4 helicopter. MAG is responsible for the design, engineering, certification, production and after-sales support of the landing gears, and will provide to Eurocopter the absorbers [...]
The Washington Companies purchases Eurocopter EC135
Source: American Eurocopter, 08-Mar-13
American Eurocopter announced the purchase of a Eurocopter EC135 T2e helicopter by The Washington Companies of Missoula, Mont. Starting as Washington Construction Company in 1964 with a loan and a leased bulldozer, company founder Dennis Washington has built and diversified his business, growing from a small construction company to a major corporation with a group [...]
Helionix – the Future of Avionics, by Eurocopter
Source: Eurocopter, 08-Mar-13
Eurocopter continues to lead the way in terms of innovation by coming up with the most high-tech and advanced solutions for its customers. A shining example of this commitment to innovative design comes in the form of Helionix, the latest-generation avionics suite designed specifically by Eurocopter. Helionix, which will come standard on the EC175 and [...]
The Eurocopter App: Now for Android
Source: Eurocopter, 08-Mar-13
Discover Eurocopter’s range of products and find out more about Eurocopter. You will be able to discover also Eurocopter’s international network and follow its latest news in real time by downloading the Eurocopter application for Android devices in Google Play Store. This app allows you to: -Read all of the latest news -Check out Eurocopter films on [...]
Turbomeca and Phoenix Heli-Flight sign a Support by the Hour Contract
Source: Turbomeca, 08-Mar-13
At Heli Expo, Turbomeca signed a Support By the Hour (SBH®) contract with Phoenix Heli-Flight regarding his fleet of Arriel 1D1 following delivery of the two new AS350B2. This contract will cover all the Turbomeca engines in Phoenix Heli-Flight fleet. By signing this contract, Phoenix Heli-Flight becomes the largest Canadian operator under Turbomeca SBH® program. [...]
All American Aviation to fly first AS350B3e on Gulf of Mexico
Source: American Eurocopter, 08-Mar-13
American Eurocopter is pleased to announce that All American Aviation LLC will be the first helicopter operator to provide offshore oil and gas transport service in the Gulf of Mexico using new Eurocopter AS350B3e AStar helicopters. All American has leased two AS350B3e aircraft from Rainier Heli International, an affiliate of Papillon Helicopters, and plans to [...]
Peru – Servicios Aéreos de Los Andes to lease two AS332s
Source: Eurocopter, 07-Mar-13
Servicios Aéreos de Los Andes, an important commercial operator in Peru performing missions such as external load, on-shore and passenger transportation, signed a lease contract for 2 AS332 Super Puma with Vector Aerospace on the Eurocopter booth during the second day of Heli-Expo. Walton Mery, CEO of Los Andes, said that his company is happy [...]
