Offshore News

EASA Certifies Sikorsky S-92 AMS 8.0 and ADS-B Out

EASA Certifies Sikorsky S-92 AMS 8.0 and ADS-B Out

21-May-2014Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) of enhanced functionality for the S-92® helicopter. The announcement was made at both the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibit (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland, and at the ILA Berlin exhibition in Germany. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.... Read more

North Sea EC175 demo tour this week

North Sea EC175 demo tour this week

18-May-2014Source: Airbus

The EC175 is Airbus Helicopters’ newest-certified rotorcraft in the 7-metric-ton class. It will demonstrate its outstanding Category A performance and its mission capabilities for the oil and gas sector during a three-nation demonstration tour starting on May 19. In conjunction with the new rotorcraft’s tour of the North Sea, Airbus Helicopters will announce an increase... Read more

Orga installs Circle–H LED helideck lighting system on Ensco rigs

Orga installs Circle–H LED helideck lighting system on Ensco rigs

16-May-2014Source: Orga Offshore

Orga Offshore has installed its innovative CAP 437-compliant Circle – H LED touchdown, positioning and heliport identification marking system on Ensco’s jackup drilling rigs ENSCO 70 and ENSCO 80. The latter marks the fifth installation for Orga in as many weeks and with orders to deliver and install 550 certified Circle-H helideck lighting systems over... Read more

Waypoint Leasing Closes First Term Loan Facility

Waypoint Leasing Closes First Term Loan Facility

14-May-2014Source: Waypoint Leasing

Waypoint Leasing (“Waypoint”), a leading global helicopter leasing company, today announced that it has closed on a five year US$72.5 million term loan facility led by Goldman Sachs. The facility will be used to refinance certain existing helicopters previously acquired and financed under Waypoint’s recently upsized $385 million revolving credit facility. The additional debt capacity... Read more

CHC Helicopter CFO to Present at UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference

CHC Helicopter CFO to Present at UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference

14-May-2014Source: CHC

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Joan Hooper, chief financial officer of CHC Helicopter, will be presenting at the UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, May 22, at 10:35 a.m. Central Time. CHC Helicopter is the operating company of CHC Group Ltd. (NYSE: HELI). The call also will be audio webcast;... Read more

Bristow Australia wins Au$138M offshore contract from Ceduna for BP

Bristow Australia wins Au$138M offshore contract from Ceduna for BP

12-May-2014Source: West Coast Sentinel

BP Australia managing director Phil Home said a hangar and supporting office blocks would be constructed at Ceduna as part of aviation operations. See full story... Read more

Era Group reports FY2014 Q1 results to 31 March 2014

Era Group reports FY2014 Q1 results to 31 March 2014

11-May-2014Source: Era Group

Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) today reported net income for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014 of $4.4 million on operating revenues of $79.4 million compared to net income of $6.7 million on operating revenues of $67.7 million in the prior year first quarter. The decline in net income is due to a $7.9... Read more

PHi announces results for FY2014Q1 ended 31 March 2014

PHi announces results for FY2014Q1 ended 31 March 2014

11-May-2014Source: PHi

PHI, Inc. (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) PHIIK (non-voting)) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. Consolidated operating revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2014 were $197.1 million, compared to $179.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, an increase of $18.1 million. Oil and Gas... Read more

Bristow Nigeria details pilot and engineer training plans

Bristow Nigeria details pilot and engineer training plans

11-May-2014Source: National Mirror

Bristow Nigeria currently has 15 students at Bristow Academy in Florida, with 20 more to follow.  Another 40 students are undergoing helicopter engineering training at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology  See full story... Read more

HAI promote Houston Helicopter Safety Conference

HAI promote Houston Helicopter Safety Conference

8-May-2014Source: HAI

Multiple Safety Briefings for all helicopter pilots, and a free lunch! Attention all helicopter pilots! Don’t miss this event featuring the latest information on the safety issues facing the rotorcraft industry. Presented by top industry experts in their field, discussions inlcude accident trends, Next-Gen for helicopters, medical qualifications, and more! May 15, 9:00 am, 1940... Read more

Brazil approves DAC International ADS-B Out solution for S76

Brazil approves DAC International ADS-B Out solution for S76

8-May-2014Source: DAC International

DAC International, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, announced today that the Agencia Nacional de Aviacao Civil (ANAC) in Brazil has approved its supplemental type certificate (STC) for the Trig Avionics TT22 transponder with the FreeFlight Systems 1201 WAAS/GPS sensor for ADS-B Out compliance for use with the Sikorsky S-76 A/B/C models. The TSO-certified 1201 GPS/WAAS Sensor... Read more

Oil & Gas UK applauds CAA safety review announcement

Oil & Gas UK applauds CAA safety review announcement

8-May-2014Source: Oil & Gas UK

In response to the annoucement from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) today, Oil & Gas UK chief executive, Malcolm Webb, said: “The CAA consultation with industry has been highly constructive, prompting and accelerating the introduction of breakthrough lifesaving equipment over a year ahead of CAA proposed action A10 (CAP1145) – a real milestone for safety... Read more

CAA changes timescales for offshore helicopter safety measures

CAA changes timescales for offshore helicopter safety measures

8-May-2014Source: CAA

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced changes to two of its requirements aimed at improving offshore helicopter safety. It follows discussions with the oil and gas industry, helicopter operators and representatives of the offshore workforce and pilots. In February the CAA announced a series of measures to improve the safety of offshore operations.... Read more

CHC wins Statoil contract off Newfoundland with two S92s

CHC wins Statoil contract off Newfoundland with two S92s

6-May-2014Source: CHC

Norway-based oil-and-gas company Statoil has awarded CHC Helicopters Canada Inc. a contract to provide vital helicopter transportation to Statoil’s new exploration rig in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Newfoundland. The 18-month contract calls for CHC Canada to operate two Sikorsky S-92 aircraft on behalf of Statoil. The helicopters will fly between their home... Read more

Angola SonAir takes delivery of EC225

Angola SonAir takes delivery of EC225

6-May-2014Source: Airbus

Airbus Helicopters’ EC225 presence in the African oil and gas heli-lift market will expand following delivery of an additional workhorse rotorcraft to SonAir, which is to deploy this long-range helicopter on operations in Angola. A handover ceremony today in Marignane, France marked the EC225’s delivery, with this latest aircraft joining SonAir’s Airbus Helicopters-built fleet of... Read more

Era Group appoints VP of Safety and Quality Assurance

Era Group appoints VP of Safety and Quality Assurance

2-May-2014Source: Era Group

Era Group Inc, (“Era”), one of the largest helicopter operators in the world and the longest serving helicopter transport operator in the U.S., announced today that it has appointed Cory Theriot to the post of Vice President of Safety and Quality Assurance. As part of Era’s senior management team, Theriot brings nearly two decades of experience... Read more

UK – CHC take on 35 apprentice engineers – out of 400+ applicants

UK – CHC take on 35 apprentice engineers – out of 400+ applicants

1-May-2014Source: Original FM

The three-to-five year programme, run by CHC, will train 35 young people to become qualified engineers for North-Sea aircraft.  See full story... Read more

Union seeks to get UK offshore seminar cancelled

Union seeks to get UK offshore seminar cancelled

1-May-2014Source: HeliHub.com

BBC News is reporting that the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union is seeking the cancellation of a seminar which is looking at the legal implication of the CAA’s offshore safety review.  In particular they are concerned that the event will be used to advise employers of offshore workers how to relieve them of their... Read more

CAE and Líder Aviacao to launch S-92 training in São Paulo

CAE and Líder Aviacao to launch S-92 training in São Paulo

1-May-2014Source: CAE

CAE, a world leader in aviation training, and Lider Aviacao, the largest helicopter operator in Brazil, today announced the launch of a new helicopter pilot training program in Sao Paulo for operators of the S-92 Sikorsky aircraft. The purchase of the S-92 CAE-built simulator by the CAE-Lider Aviacao joint venture was announced by CAE on... Read more

$24 Billion Forecast to be Spent on Offshore Helicopter Services from 2014 to 2018

$24 Billion Forecast to be Spent on Offshore Helicopter Services from 2014 to 2018

30-Apr-2014Source: Douglas-Westwood

Douglas-Westwood’s (DW) new World Offshore Oil & Gas Helicopter Market Report forecasts that $24 billion will be spent on offshore helicopter services between 2014 and 2018 – an increase of 57% over the preceding five-year period. Report editor, Frank Wright, commented, “Long-term production support contracts in Western Europe and continues to underpin the market, but... Read more

Bristow Group booth at OTC to feature S76D

Bristow Group booth at OTC to feature S76D

29-Apr-2014Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group, which operates the largest fleet of commercial helicopters in the world for offshore transport to oil and gas platforms, will appear for the first time at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2014. Visitors to Bristow’s air-conditioned booth #917 will have a first-time glimpse of the newest Sikorsky aircraft, the advanced technology S-76D™ helicopter,... Read more

All regulatory hurdles cleared for Avincis sale to Babcock

All regulatory hurdles cleared for Avincis sale to Babcock

27-Apr-2014Source: Avincis Group

Babcock International Group PLC (“Babcock”), the UK’s leading engineering support services company, announced today it has received approvals from the Spanish Council of the National Markets and Competition Commission and the Portuguese Competition Authority in respect of the acquisition of the Avincis Group. All conditions to completion of such acquisition have therefore been satisfied. Completion... Read more

AgustaWestland signs up distributor for Morocco

AgustaWestland signs up distributor for Morocco

25-Apr-2014Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Heliconia Aero Solutions, the flagship Company of Heliconia Group in Morocco, are pleased to announce the signing of a Distributorship Agreement for AgustaWestland helicopters models in Morocco. Both companies are also pleased to announce that Heliconia has placed a first order for two AW139 intermediate twin helicopters, plus a number... Read more

Era Group announces FY2014 Q1 Earnings Release Call

Era Group announces FY2014 Q1 Earnings Release Call

25-Apr-2014Source: Era Group

Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) (“Era”), a leading helicopter transport operator based in the United States, today announced it will release financial results for its fiscal year 2014 first quarter after the market closes on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. In connection with the release, Era has scheduled a conference call for Wednesday, May 7, 2014, to... Read more

Saudi Aramco signs for another AW139

Saudi Aramco signs for another AW139

24-Apr-2014Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Saudi Aramco has placed an order for an AW139 intermediate twin aircraft, further expanding its fleet of AW139 helicopters and confirming its confidence in the best selling model in its category. This latest AW139 will be used to perform offshore and VIP transport operations in Saudi... Read more

Bristow announces FY2014 earnings release and concall schedule

Bristow announces FY2014 earnings release and concall schedule

24-Apr-2014Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today it will release financial results for its fiscal year 2014 fourth quarter and year ended March 31, 2014, after the market closes on Wednesday, May 21.  In conjunction with the release, Bristow has scheduled a conference call, which will... Read more

EASA certifies EC225 gear shaft redesign

EASA certifies EC225 gear shaft redesign

23-Apr-2014Source: Airbus

The redesigned vertical bevel gear shaft for Airbus Helicopters’ EC225 has been certified, enabling its production and installation on all rotorcraft of this type in operation globally, as well as those being produced. Certification was granted by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and is to be followed by validation from other international airworthiness authorities.... Read more

Cobham to unveil Innovative New Safety System at OTC 2014

Cobham to unveil Innovative New Safety System at OTC 2014

21-Apr-2014Source: Cobham

Cobham Life Support will be introducing its new maritime safety system, Survivor+ at OTC 2014, May 5-8 in Houston, Texas. The Survivor+ Personal Overboard Survival System, a new class of ‘wearable’ PFD (Personal Flotation Device), uniquely incorporates both a SOLAS approved inflatable life jacket and a personal life raft into a single system worn as... Read more

Oil & Gas UK concerned by CAA offshore safety review

Oil & Gas UK concerned by CAA offshore safety review

10-Apr-2014Source: Oil & Gas UK

Commenting, Oil & Gas UK’s health and safety director Robert Paterson said: “Oil & Gas UK is working with our members to assess the impact on safety of the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) Review. “Like the CAA, our primary focus is to create and maintain a safe environment for our industry to operate in.  If... Read more

CHC intends to enter Gulf of Mexico market

CHC intends to enter Gulf of Mexico market

9-Apr-2014Source: Reuters

CHC will enter the GOM market either by applying for an air operator certificate or through an acquisition, CEO William Amelio said in an interview  See full story... Read more

Bristow Super Puma heavily damaged in Nigerian hangar fire

Bristow Super Puma heavily damaged in Nigerian hangar fire

8-Apr-2014Source: HeliHub.com

Bristow Helicopters recently suffered a hangar fire at its Port Hardcourt base in Nigeria. As the photo below shows, there was extensive damage to the hangar roof and two Super Pumas were damaged, one heavily. The fire is believed to have started in one of the stores housing aircraft spares and consumables – seen in... Read more

Erickson signs new 5 year contract with PlusPetrol Peru

Erickson signs new 5 year contract with PlusPetrol Peru

7-Apr-2014Source: Erickson

Erickson Air-Crane Incorporated EAC -2.32% (“Erickson” or “the Company”), a leading global provider of aviation services to a diverse mix of commercial and government customers, and the vertically-integrated manufacturer and operator of the powerful heavy-lift Erickson S-64 Aircrane helicopter, announced today that it has secured a new contract with PLUSPETROL PERU CORPORATION S.A., a leading exploration and production... Read more

Netherlands – Air BP inaugurates new fuel farm at Den Helder

Netherlands – Air BP inaugurates new fuel farm at Den Helder

6-Apr-2014Source: Air BP

Leading international aviation fuel supplier, Air BP, today (April 4th) inaugurated its brand new fuel farm at Den Helder Airport (DHR) in the Netherlands – home to one of the largest offshore heliports in north-west Europe. The fuel farm installed by Air BP represents an investment of around €1 million and follows Air BP’s take-over... Read more

New Middle East helicopter safety event

New Middle East helicopter safety event

2-Apr-2014Source: Tangent Link

The Offshore / Onshore Aviation (OOA) Conference and Exhibition has been organised on behalf of the MENA HST – MENA Helicopter Safety Team, aimed at meeting the challenges for safer offshore and onshore aviation operations in the Middle East & North Africa When it comes to aviation operations, the very best in safety and expertise are... Read more

Era amends and upsizes $300M Revolving Credit Facility

Era amends and upsizes $300M Revolving Credit Facility

1-Apr-2014Source: Era

Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) (“Era”) announced today that it has amended and upsized its existing revolving credit facility. The amended facility increases borrowing capacity by 50%, reduces the company’s cost of capital and offers greater operational flexibility with the Company’s global fleet of helicopters. The amended facility increases capacity from $200 million to $300... Read more

PHI announces Final Results of Offer for 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2018

PHI announces Final Results of Offer for 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2018

1-Apr-2014Source: PHi

PHI, Inc. (“PHI”) (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) and PHIIK (non-voting)) announced today the final results of the previously-announced tender offer and consent solicitation (the “Tender Offer”) for all of its outstanding 8.625% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “2018 Notes”). The Tender Offer expired at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end... Read more

HNZ Group makes Board appointment

HNZ Group makes Board appointment

1-Apr-2014Source: HNZ Group

HNZ Group Inc. (TSX: HNZ.A HNZ.B) (the “Corporation”), an international provider of helicopter transportation and related support services, is pleased to announce that Mr.Laurence (“Larry”) Murphy has agreed to join the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”). Mr. Murphy has over 40 years of experience working with international oil and gas and engineering companies, in... Read more

Vector Financial Services places AS332L in UK

Vector Financial Services places AS332L in UK

28-Mar-2014Source: Vector

Vector Financial Services – the Leasing Division of Vector Aerospace Corporation, a leading provider of aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services – is pleased to announce the induction of its first Airbus Helicopters AS332L Super Puma into Vector Aerospace Helicopter Services-UK based at its Fleetlands site in Gosport, Hampshire. Vector Financial Services already operates... Read more

Sikorsky launches partnership in Trinidad and Tobago

Sikorsky launches partnership in Trinidad and Tobago

26-Mar-2014Source: Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further explore Sikorsky’s potential participation in the Trinidad and Tobago Aviation Institute, scheduled to open in September. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), made the announcement during the FIDAE International Air and Space Fair here in Santiago. Under... Read more

Tradewind International buys two CHC Dauphins for parting out

Tradewind International buys two CHC Dauphins for parting out

25-Mar-2014Source: Tradewind

Tradewind International, LLC, a world-wide buyer and supplier of helicopter parts, has accepted two SA-365N Dauphin helicopters from Norway where they last saw service with CHC Helicopter. EI-MIP C/N 6119 built in 1984 and G-BLUM C/N 6101 built in 1985 will be parted out and will supply parts to keep others in the SA-365N fleet... Read more

Era Group reports Q4 and Full Year 2013 Results

Era Group reports Q4 and Full Year 2013 Results

20-Mar-2014Source: Era Group

Era Group Inc. (NYSE: ERA) Full year 2013 net income of $18.7 million on operating revenues of $299.0 million compared to net income of $7.8 million on operating revenues of $272.9 million in 2012 Fourth quarter net income of $1.8 million on operating revenues of $76.0 million compared to net income of $3.6 million on... Read more

CHC to host meeting at Howard Weil’s 42nd-Annual Energy Conference

CHC to host meeting at Howard Weil’s 42nd-Annual Energy Conference

19-Mar-2014Source: CHC

The chief financial officer of CHC Helicopter (NYSE: HELI) will be meeting with investors and analysts at a premier energy-investment conference. CHC’s Joan Hooper will host a breakfast roundtable on Tuesday, March 25, at the Howard Weil’s 42nd-Annual Energy Conference in New Orleans. This is the company’s first investor conference since its initial public offering... Read more

PHi completes Debt Offering and Initial Settlement for 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2018

PHi completes Debt Offering and Initial Settlement for 8.625% Senior Notes Due 2018

19-Mar-2014Source: PHi

PHI, Inc. (“PHI”) (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) and PHIIK (non-voting)) announced today that it had completed its previously-announced private offering of $500 million of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”). PHI also announced that it used a portion of the net proceeds from its sale of the 2019 Notes to concurrently... Read more

PHi receives 97.52% response on 8.625% Senior Notes issue

PHi receives 97.52% response on 8.625% Senior Notes issue

19-Mar-2014Source: PHi

PHI, Inc. (“PHI”) (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) and PHIIK (non-voting)) announced today that it had received, as of 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of March 14, 2014 (the “Early Tender Deadline”), tenders and consents from holders of 97.52% of the aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 8.625% Senior Notes... Read more

Era Group to Attend the Howard Weil 42nd Annual Energy Conference

Era Group to Attend the Howard Weil 42nd Annual Energy Conference

17-Mar-2014Source: Era Group

Era Group Inc, one of the largest helicopter operators in the world, will be attending the Howard Weil 42nd Annual Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans on March 23-27, 2014. Era’s Chief Executive Officer, Sten Gustafson, will host a breakfast table and attend investor meetings on Wednesday, March 26. He will be joined... Read more

Oil & Gas UK’s response to FAI conclusion

Oil & Gas UK’s response to FAI conclusion

13-Mar-2014Source: Oil & Gas UK

Robert Paterson, Oil & Gas UK health, safety and employment issues director, said: “Today’s Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) conclusion into the 2009 helicopter crash provides us with a powerful reminder of the paramount importance of following procedures, and the need for effective communication. Since the publication of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report in... Read more

Bond Offshore Helicopters’ Response to AS332L2 Determination

Bond Offshore Helicopters’ Response to AS332L2 Determination

13-Mar-2014Source: Bond Offshore Helicopters

Bond Offshore hopes that Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle’s determination today (March 13th) brings a degree of closure to the families, friends and dependents of those who died in the tragedy of 2009. We at Bond also lost friends and colleagues that day. Although Sheriff Principal Pyle has indicated that spalling was, on balance, the most... Read more

Fatal Accident Inquiry determination published on Bond AS332L2 fatal accident

Fatal Accident Inquiry determination published on Bond AS332L2 fatal accident

13-Mar-2014Source: Judiciary of Scotland

Summary of FAI Determination into the deaths of 16 people following the helicopter crash on 1 April 2009. On Wednesday 1 April 2009, a Super Puma helicopter, owned by Bond Offshore Helicopters Limited, was flying over the North Sea, en route from the Miller Oil Platform to Aberdeen, when it plunged into the sea killing... Read more

CHC reports FY2014Q3 results, provides guidance for full year

CHC reports FY2014Q3 results, provides guidance for full year

13-Mar-2014Source: CHC

CHC Group Ltd. (NYSE:HELI), the parent company of CHC Helicopter, today reported its financial performance for the fiscal-2014 third quarter, which ended Jan. 31. Revenue for the quarter was $454 million, up 3 percent. (Unless otherwise noted, all comparisons are year-over-year.) The company had a quarterly net loss of $60 million, compared to a net... Read more

Era Group announces Q4 and FY2013 Earnings Release Call

Era Group announces Q4 and FY2013 Earnings Release Call

12-Mar-2014Source: Era Group

Era Group Inc. ERA -1.12% (“Era”), a leading helicopter transport operator based in the United States, today announced it will release financial results for its fiscal year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2013 after the market closes on Monday, March 17, 2014. In connection with the release, Era has scheduled a conference call for... Read more

Bristow to present at Howard Weil 42nd Annual Energy Conference

Bristow to present at Howard Weil 42nd Annual Energy Conference

11-Mar-2014Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that the Company will be attending the Howard Weil 42ndAnnual Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans on March 23-27, 2014. Jonathan Baliff, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, March 25, at 2:55 p.m. Central Time (3:55 p.m.... Read more

PHI prices $500M Senior Notes Due 2019

PHI prices $500M Senior Notes Due 2019

9-Mar-2014Source: PHI

PHI, Inc. (“PHI”) (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) and PHIIK (non-voting)) announced today that it has agreed to sell $500 million of newly-issued unsecured five-year senior notes. The senior notes due 2019 were priced at par with a coupon rate of 5.25%. The offering is expected to close on March 17, 2014, subject to the... Read more

PHI Announces $500 Million Private Offering of Senior Notes

PHI Announces $500 Million Private Offering of Senior Notes

6-Mar-2014Source: PHi

PHI, Inc. (“PHI”) (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) and PHIIK (non-voting)) announced today that it intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer up to $500 million aggregate principal amount of fixed-rate senior notes with a five-year maturity through a private offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the... Read more

Maersk Training announces two new offshore helideck emergency courses

Maersk Training announces two new offshore helideck emergency courses

5-Mar-2014Source: Maersk Training

Maersk Training announced today the launch of two new offshore emergency courses, the OPITO Helideck Emergency Response Team Member Training and the OPITO 6 Day Combined Helideck and Team Member Training. These two OPITO Accredited courses will kick start this month at the company’s training centre in the North-east of Scotland and be delivered using... Read more

Bristow Group Senior VP Commercial quits

Bristow Group Senior VP Commercial quits

4-Mar-2014Source: Bristow Group

Bristow have filed the following statement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission:- On March 3, 2014, Mark B. Duncan, Senior Vice President, Commercial of Bristow Group Inc. (the “ Company”), made his decision to leave the Company effective March 8, 2014 in order to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Duncan and the Company are in the... Read more

PHI announces Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for Senior Notes

PHI announces Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation for Senior Notes

4-Mar-2014Source: PHI

PHI, Inc. (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) and PHIIK (non-voting)) today announced that it is commencing a cash tender offer (the “Offer”) for any and all of its $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 8.625% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in PHI’s Offer to... Read more

Weststar Aviation starts operations in Morocco with two AW139s

Weststar Aviation starts operations in Morocco with two AW139s

3-Mar-2014Source: HeliHub.com

Malaysian based Weststar Aviation continues their international expansion with a direct interest in operations just starting in Morroco. This country represents their third country and the first outside their Far East home region. Weststar Aviation are providing technical assistance to Heliconia Aero Solutions who are operating two AW139s on their Moroccan AOC with each party... Read more

Pratt & Whitney Canada signs FMP® Agreement with Bristow Helicopters

Pratt & Whitney Canada signs FMP® Agreement with Bristow Helicopters

3-Mar-2014Source: P&WC

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) and Bristow Group, headquartered in Houston, Texas, have signed a long-term Fleet Management Program (FMP) agreement for the maintenance of PW210S engines installed on Bristow’s fleet of Sikorsky S-76D helicopters. Bristow Group is one of the leading providers of helicopter services for the worldwide offshore energy industry. P&WC’s FMP agreements... Read more

LCI concludes Heli-Expo with almost $1 Billion of helicopters on order

LCI concludes Heli-Expo with almost $1 Billion of helicopters on order

2-Mar-2014Source: LCI

Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, has this week unveiled commitments for up to 39 new helicopters worth around US$925 million and with further 2014 pipeline orders up to a total value approaching US$1 billion. The lessor’s helicopter division has signed a contract with Airbus Helicopters for up to... Read more

PHI announces results for the Year Ended December 31, 2013

PHI announces results for the Year Ended December 31, 2013

2-Mar-2014Source: PHI

PHI, Inc. (“PHI”) (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) PHIIK (non-voting)) today reported financial results for the year ended December 31, 2013. Consolidated operating revenues for the year ended December 31, 2013 were $856.5 million, an increase of $209.8 million over the year ended December 31, 2012. Oil and Gas segment revenues were $489.0 million... Read more

RAeS lecture – The Introduction of Automation to Offshore Operations

RAeS lecture – The Introduction of Automation to Offshore Operations

2-Mar-2014Source: RAeS

In the wake of recent helicopter incidents, such as the August 2013 helicopter accident, the safety of offshore helicopter operations in the north sea has been comprehensively reviewed by the British Government, european regulators, manufacturers, operators, the oil and gas industry, and end users – including trade unions. Loss of control associated with the sophistication... Read more

AgustaWestland Demonstrates AW609 to Chevron

AgustaWestland Demonstrates AW609 to Chevron

28-Feb-2014Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, announced today that it has completed the first customer demonstration flight of the AW609 to Chevron on February 25th  The round trip flight began in Angels Stadium in Anaheim and continued off the coast of Southern California. Flying Second-in-Command was Chevron pilot Patrick Nevin, who currently flies AW139s in support of... Read more

AW189 starts demo tour among US Oil & Gas operators on the Gulf of Mexico

AW189 starts demo tour among US Oil & Gas operators on the Gulf of Mexico

27-Feb-2014Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the new generation medium twin helicopter AW189 will depart for a demo tour among US Oil & Gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico region, from March 4th to the 7th. After been showcased at Heli Expo in Anaheim, California and a few days after the... Read more

Bell delivers two 412EPs to Petroleum Air Services

Bell delivers two 412EPs to Petroleum Air Services

27-Feb-2014Source: Bell

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), announced today the delivery of two Bell 412EP helicopters to Egypt’s Petroleum Air Services (PAS), both configured and fully equipped to meet oil and gas producers requirements (OGP) recommended by the leading international oil companies working in Egypt. Based in Cairo, PAS specializes in offering oil industry... Read more

GE signs first CT7 engine service agreement for AW189

GE signs first CT7 engine service agreement for AW189

27-Feb-2014Source: GE Aviation

GE Aviation and Bristow Group signed the first engine service agreement for the CT7-2E1 turboshaft engine powering the new, twin-engine AgustaWestland AW189 helicopter. This agreement expands the companies’ long-standing partnership by adding new AW189 helicopters to Bristow’s global fleet of Maintenance Cost Per Hour (MCPH) engines. “We’re pleased to sign the first service agreement for... Read more

Milestone leases three EC225s to SonAir

Milestone leases three EC225s to SonAir

27-Feb-2014Source: Milestone Aviation Group

Milestone Aviation Group, the global leader in helicopter leasing, and SonAir, the largest African helicopter operator and a subsidiary of the Angolan national oil company Sonangol, announced that three of Milestone’s record order for 30 of Airbus Helicopters’ EC225s will begin performing airlift duties for Angola’s oil and gas sector. The arrangements, announced today on... Read more

Lord’s Active Vibration Control System selected for Bell 525

Lord’s Active Vibration Control System selected for Bell 525

27-Feb-2014Source: LORD Corporation

LORD Corporation, a leader in the management of vibration, noise and motion control, has announced the award of an Active Vibration Control System (AVCS) contract with Bell Helicopter for the Bell 525 Relentless program. LORD will qualify its AVCS system design and manufacture the AVCS system for the new aircraft. The technology operates through the... Read more

Atlas Air Taxi to operate AW139s in Brazil

Atlas Air Taxi to operate AW139s in Brazil

26-Feb-2014Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the AW139 will enter service with ATLAS Air Taxi, an offshore operator in Brazil, who are leasing two helicopters that are planned to be delivered in March 2014. The helicopters will provide passenger transport to offshore oil and gas installations off the Brazilian coast. Approximately 30... Read more

Omni signs for four AW139s and five AW189s

Omni signs for four AW139s and five AW189s

26-Feb-2014Source: AgustaWestland

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Omni Helicopters International Group (OHI) has signed a contract for a total amount of nine helicopters including four AW139 intermediate twin-engine and five AW189 8.3 ton helicopters in offshore configuration. The contract completes the framework agreement which included a total requirement for 13 AW139s and adds... Read more

Sikorsky S-92 to receive new Rockwell Collins display

Sikorsky S-92 to receive new Rockwell Collins display

26-Feb-2014Source: Rockwell Collins

The Sikorsky S-92® helicopter will feature new Rockwell Collins MFD-268P2B Multi-Function Displays enabling growth to capabilities that will enhance situational awareness and flight safety. The new displays will be standard cockpit equipment for new aircraft delivered beginning in 2014. “The new MFD-268P2B Multi-Function Display features the latest technology in advanced cockpit systems,” said Troy Brunk, vice... Read more

Airbus Helicopters launches enhanced Super Puma – the EC225e

Airbus Helicopters launches enhanced Super Puma – the EC225e

25-Feb-2014Source: Airbus Helicopters

The new EC225e version of Airbus Helicopters’ workhorse Super Puma product line was formally launched today, offering an enhanced rotorcraft that responds to operators’ requirements for extended-range missions – particularly in support of deep-water oil and gas airlift missions. Details on the EC225e were outlined at the 2014 Heli-Expo convention in Anaheim, California, along with... Read more

Milestone signs for another eight S92s

Milestone signs for another eight S92s

25-Feb-2014Source: Sikorsky

Milestone Aviation Group, the global leader in helicopter leasing, and Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation announced today at Helicopter Association International’s Heli-Expo that Milestone has increased its S-92 order book by eight units. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Milestone is already one of the world’s largest S-92 owners and with today’s announcement, it has... Read more

Lobo Leasing announces $250M Master Lease Facility Agreement with CHC

Lobo Leasing announces $250M Master Lease Facility Agreement with CHC

25-Feb-2014Source: Lobo Leasing

Lobo Leasing Limited (“Lobo Leasing”) a global commercial helicopter leasing company are pleased to announce that they have entered into a master lease arrangement with CHC Helicopter (CHC), a leading provider of crew transport, search-and-rescue and MRO services to the world-wide helicopter market. The facility provides for both the sale and leaseback and new-delivery lease... Read more

Gulf Helicopters orders AW189 EASA Level-C Full Flight Simulator

Gulf Helicopters orders AW189 EASA Level-C Full Flight Simulator

25-Feb-2014Source: Gulf Helicopters

Gulf International Services (“GIS” or “the group”; QE: GISS), the largest service group in Qatar, with interests in a broad cross-section of industries, ranging from insurance, re-insurance, fund management, onshore and offshore drilling, accommodation barge, helicopter transportation, and catering services, is pleased to announce an order for an AW189 EASA CS-FSTD(H) FFS Level C Simulator... Read more

NHV orders 6 more EC175s – taking total to 16

NHV orders 6 more EC175s – taking total to 16

25-Feb-2014Source: Airbus

Noordzee Helicopters Vlaanderen (NHV) has ordered six more Airbus Helicopters EC175s, increasing its acquisitions of the new-generation rotorcraft to 16. NHV is an EC175 launch customer, booking its first contract for 10 of the mid-sized, twin-engine helicopters in 2012. “We – NHV and our customers – having experienced the EC175’s performance first-hand, have full confidence... Read more

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