13-Nov-2012Source: IEA
The global energy map is changing in dramatic fashion, the International Energy Agency said as it launched the 2012 edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO). The Agency’s flagship publication, released today in London, said these changes will recast expectations about the role of different countries, regions and fuels in the global energy system over the coming decades. “North... Read more
8-Nov-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) today reported net income for the September 2012 quarter of $29.7 million or $0.82 per diluted share compared to net income of $2.7 million or $0.07 per diluted share in the same period a year ago. Adjusted net income, which excludes asset disposition effects and special items, was $29.2 million or $0.80 per diluted share for the September 2012 quarter, an increase of $5.9 million or $0.17 per diluted share over... Read more
8-Nov-2012Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to grant life extensions for the Main Rotor Hub on the company’s S-92® helicopter platform. Through its aftermarket business, Sikorsky Aerospace Services (SAS), Sikorsky Aircraft will have the ability to utilize Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) data to determine a one-time life adjustment for particular... Read more
7-Nov-2012Source: Eurocopter
On October 22, 2012, during a flight to an offshore platform, a controlled ditching was performed with an EC225 helicopter. No one on board was injured and everyone was brought back to land safely. The helicopter remained afloat thanks to its emergency floatation gear and was recovered by a ship. An emergency lubrication warning light... Read more
7-Nov-2012Source: Erickson Air-Crane
Erickson Air-Crane , a leading operator and the manufacturer of the powerful heavy-lift helicopter, the Erickson S-64 Aircrane, today announced that it had entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire 14 helicopters and associated personnel and assets from HRT Participacoes em Petroleo, S.A. (HRT). The letter of intent is non-binding and, for the acquisition to... Read more
7-Nov-2012Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, recently held its 5th Oil & Gas Seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The event, attended by over 120 delegates from more than 15 countries, focused on oil and gas industry helicopter operations, support and training developments in Asia and Australasia where the AW139 helicopter is the best selling twin engine model... Read more
6-Nov-2012Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP) has signed a contract for two AW139 intermediate twin engine helicopters. The aircraft will be used to perform offshore transport missions from Anduki base. The helicopters are expected to be delivered in mid 2013. The contract also includes a... Read more
6-Nov-2012Source: PHi
PHI, Inc. (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) PHIIK (non-voting)) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Oil and Gas segment revenues were $115.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012, compared to $96.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, an increase of $18.4 million. Flight... Read more
5-Nov-2012Source: Bond Offshore Helicopters
Luke Farajallah joins Bond Offshore Helicopters as new Managing Director 5th November 2012. Bond Offshore Helicopters Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Luke Farajallah as Managing Director. Luke brings with him 25 years of aviation experience leading different functions in a number of airlines both in the UK and Internationally. Most recently Luke... Read more
5-Nov-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock issued and outstanding at the close of business on November 30, 2012 (the “Record Date”). The dividend will be payable on December 14, 2012 to stockholders... Read more
5-Nov-2012Source: HeliHub.com
In an extraordinary statement, PHi Chief Executive Officer Al Gonsoulin has effectively told his employees to vote for Governor Mitt Romney by blasting the policies of President Barack Obama. He excuses himself by saying “this election will have a marked effect, both with respect to our oil and gas and our air medical divisions, on... Read more
31-Oct-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the worldwide offshore energy industry, announced today that it had called its outstanding 7½% Senior Notes due 2017 for redemption on October 31, 2012. The face value of the notes is $11.9 million, and the cost to redeem the notes is expected to be approximately $12.3 million. ... Read more
29-Oct-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc., the leading provider of helicopter services to the worldwide offshore energy industry, announced today the expiration and final results of the tender offer and consent solicitation (the “Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation”), commenced on September 27, 2012, to purchase any and all of its outstanding 7½% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Notes”). The... Read more
29-Oct-2012Source: Ex-Im Bank
The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) authorized more than $50 million to guarantee a loan extended by Apple Bank to Aeroservicios Especializados S.A. DE C.V. (ASESA) of Mexico that will finance the export of a fleet of Sikorsky S-76D™ helicopters to Mexico. Ex-Im Bank’s credit will support approximately 450 U.S. jobs, according to bank estimates derived from... Read more
22-Oct-2012Source: Bond Air Services
HeliHub.com editor note – The EC135 was first shown at Helitech 2009 fully kitted out. At Helitech 2011 we reported that the helicopter had not yet started offshore wind farm operations as expected two years prior, and a further year has now passed. We are pleased to see this finally working on the contract it... Read more
19-Oct-2012Source: 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 2013 second quarter after the market closes on Wednesday, November 7. In conjunction with the release, Bristow has scheduled a conference call, which will be broadcast live over... Read more
16-Oct-2012Source: Avincis Group
Avincis Mission Critical Services (Avincis Group) has established itself in the UK today as the world’s leading provider of mission critical aviation services. The Group’s mission is to save lives, protect the environment and provide safe transport for mission critical people and assets for public services and blue chip corporations. Avincis’ operating companies deliver across... Read more
12-Oct-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the worldwide offshore energy industry, announced today the closing of its offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount senior notes due 2022 (the “Notes”) pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 6.25%... Read more
12-Oct-2012Source: Columbus Dispatch
Milestone purchases helicopters and leases them to commercial operators around the world, especially those involved in offshore oil-and-gas exploration. The company’s fleet already includes more than 60 helicopters worth about $750 million (see full story)... Read more
12-Oct-2012Source: CBC
Workers at the Hibernia and Terra Nova oil fields are circulating petitions against a resumption of helicopter flights at night, just as the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board reviews a report saying conditions have improved enough to make the flights safe and practical. (See full story)... Read more
10-Oct-2012
A report on night flights by helicopters in the offshore oil industry recommends a return to transporting workers to and from offshore drilling facilities during night time hours. (see full story)... Read more
9-Oct-2012Source: Sikorsky
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today delivered the first two S-92® baseline helicopters to Bond Aviation Group, the first of 16 to be delivered under the largest one-time acquisition of S-92 aircraft ever received by Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX). Bond Aviation Group, a subsidiary company of the World Helicopter Group, a global leader in... Read more
7-Oct-2012
Paul Burnham, 31, of Methlick, Aberdeenshire, and Richard Menzies, 24, of Worcestershire, were at the controls of the Bond Offshore Super Puma when the aircraft plunged into the sea in April 2009. (see full story) See also this page from our safety data coverage – 01-Apr-09 G-REDL Eurocopter AS332 11m E of Peterhead, UK (16F)... Read more
4-Oct-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the worldwide offshore energy industry, and Cougar Helicopters Inc., the largest offshore energy and search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service provider in Canada (“Cougar”), jointly announced today the closing of Bristow’s previously announced minority interest investment by Bristow in Cougar and the purchase by Bristow... Read more
30-Sep-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Bell have announced that building the new 525 Relentless in Amarillo will add 100 jobs. However, the military is looking at defence cuts, and it is feasible that this will mean workers transferring from military work to civilian. A reduction in force can also not be ruled out – Bell are just waiting to see... Read more
28-Sep-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) announced today the pricing of its previously announced offering of senior notes. The offering was upsized to $450 million aggregate principal amount and will be issued as a single series of senior notes due 2022 (the “notes”) pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The notes will bear... Read more
28-Sep-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS) announced today that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, approximately $225 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2020 and approximately $200 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2022 (collectively, the “notes”), through an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). The company intends... Read more
28-Sep-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE:BRS) announced today that it has commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of the $350 million outstanding principal amount of its 7½% Senior Notes due 2017 (CUSIP/ISIN No. 110394AB9/ US110394AB99) (the “Notes”). In conjunction with the tender offer, Bristow is soliciting consents to eliminate most of the covenants, certain events of default applicable... Read more
27-Sep-2012Source: 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 Johnson Rice Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, October 1-4, 2012. Jeremy Akel, Senior Vice President, Global Operations, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, October 3, at 3:20 p.m. Central Time (4:20 p.m. Eastern Time).  A... Read more
23-Sep-2012Source: Daily Courier
AgustaWestland has had the fourth prototype AW189 based for approximately 8 weeks at Prescott Airport in Arizona. Also on the agenda during the aircraft’s nine month US tour are stops in Arlington, Texas to test for handling qualities, and Fairbanks, Alaska to do cold trials. (see full story)... Read more
14-Sep-2012Source: Bond Aviation Group
Crews of Lerwick Harbour pilot boats and Bond Offshore Helicopters’ aircraft are working together to ensure the high level of skill required in Bond’s search-&-rescue operations in Scottish waters. The combination has now reached its 100th exercise since the pilot boats began supporting Bond’s training programme in early 2011. Bond’s offshore search and rescue operation... Read more
10-Sep-2012Source: Bond Aviation Group
Bond Offshore Helicopters’ clinical lead, Dr. Mark Bloch, today gave insight into the critical work of paramedics on search and rescue (SAR) helicopters, and the challenges they face working in extreme conditions offshore. Bond has been operating the Jigsaw SAR service for BP in the North Sea since 2006. In that time, Bond’s on-board paramedic... Read more
4-Sep-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the worldwide offshore energy industry, and Cougar Helicopters Inc., the largest offshore energy and search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service provider in Canada (“Cougar”), today jointly announced that Bristow has entered into a definitive agreement with Cougar’s parent VIH Aviation Group Ltd. (“VIHAG”) and various VIHAG affiliates to acquire... Read more
4-Sep-2012Source: Russian Helicopters
Electronic translation – press release was only issued in Russian Russian helicopter holding “Helicopters of Russia”, a subsidiary of “OPK” Oboronprom “included in the” Rostekhnologii “, one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of helicopters, including some of the most iconic, innovative and widely exploited models will take part in the Ninth international exhibition... Read more
31-Aug-2012Source: Symbiotics
During July a team of ADAPTâ„¢ specialists from Symbiotics Ltd travelled to Brunei to assess ab initio candidates that had applied to join a pilot selection programme, sponsored by Brunei Shell Petroleum. The candidates being assessed has applied to become helicopter pilots, eventually servicing oil platforms. For Brunei Shell, safety is a critical factor, and... Read more
28-Aug-2012Source: 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 presenting at the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference to be held in New York City, September 4-6, 2012. William E. Chiles, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bristow Group, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, September 5, at 7:45 a.m. Eastern... Read more
23-Aug-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE:BRS) today reported net income for the June 2012 quarter of $23.7 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, compared to net income of $21.0 million, or $0.57 per diluted share, in the same period a year ago. Adjusted net income, which excludes asset dispositions and a special item, was $29.6 million, or $0.81 per diluted share, for the June 2012 quarter, an increase of $9.7 million, or $0.27per... Read more
22-Aug-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock issued and outstanding at the close of business on August 31, 2012 (the “Record Date”). The dividend will be payable on September 14, 2012 to stockholders of... Read more
20-Aug-2012Source: FreeFlight Systems
FreeFlight Systems announced today that Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, has selected FreeFlight Systems RANGR FDL-978TX ADS-B Out solution for its AW139 helicopters serving Bristow’s customers in the Gulf of Mexico. The FreeFlight Systems RANGR FDL-978TX system for the AW139 is the first certified,... Read more
16-Aug-2012Source: RLC
RLC, the largest privately held helicopter operator in the Gulf of Mexico, has earned the Helicopter Association International (HAI) 2011 Operator Safety Award. The 2011 award marks the second year in a row RLC has been recognized by HAI for operator safety. The new award honors a total of over 115,000 accident-free flight hours over... Read more
15-Aug-2012Source: Canadian Helicopters
Canadian Helicopters Group Inc. (TSX:CHL.A CHL.B) (the “Company”), an international provider of helicopter transportation and related support services, announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Helicopters (NZ) Limited (“HNZ”) has entered into an offshore oil and gas helicopter support contract with Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (“Shell”). Beginning in September 2013 , HNZ will provide crew... Read more
15-Aug-2012Source: Milestone Aviation Group
Milestone Aviation Group, the global leader in helicopter leasing, announced today that it has signed a contract to purchase nineteen additional Sikorsky S-92® helicopters. These aircraft are in addition to the three S-92 aircraft Milestone purchased from Sikorsky in February 2012. The first two aircraft are scheduled for completed delivery in late 2012 and the... Read more
14-Aug-2012Source: PHi
PHI, Inc. (The Nasdaq Global Market: PHII (voting) PHIIK (non-voting)) today reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. Oil and Gas segment revenues were $104.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012, compared to $90.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2011, an increase of $14.2 million. Flight... Read more
27-Jul-2012Source: Bristow Helicopters
Bristow recently completed a two-year contract involving a Eurocopter AS332L in the Baltic Sea for ENI Saipem. Capt. Rosh Jaypalan shares his experience during the contract and talks about the commitment, dedication and effort required to achieve success. Bristow’s International Business Unit (IBU) provided an AS332L for crew change and medevac services for the Castoro... Read more
25-Jul-2012Source: HeliHub.com
HeliHub.com understands that Belgian operator NHV has acquired two Eurocopter EC155s from Bristow. One – with UK registration G-ISSU – has already been delivered to NHV’s heliport close to Ostend Airport, and will presumably move to the local OO- register and be repainted yellow in the near future. A photo of it on arrival in... Read more
23-Jul-2012Source: Mecaer Aviation Group
Mecaer Aviation Group Wins Contract to Design and Manufacture the Wheeled Landing Gear System for the New Bell Helicopter 525 “Relentlessâ€. Italy based Mecaer Aviation Group (MAG) has capitalized on its experience in building helicopter, business and general aviation landing gears to become a key supplier to, industry leader, Bell Helicopter Textron of the complete... Read more
20-Jul-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that Edward Chipman (“Chip”) Earle will join the Company as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective July 30, 2012. Chip comes to the Company with more than ten years of legal experience; six in the energy industry. Before... Read more
17-Jul-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc, the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today it will release financial results for its fiscal year 2013 first quarter after the market closes on Monday, August 6. In conjunction with the release, Bristow has scheduled a conference call, which will be broadcast live over the Internet... Read more
13-Jul-2012Source: Eurocopter
Eurocopter will provide the leading Northern European helicopter operator Blueway Group with a total of four new EC225s in 2012. Two of these helicopters are already in service for crew change operations on the Danish continental shelf. The third aircraft was delivered today during a ceremony at Eurocopter’s facilities in Marignane while the final helicopter... Read more
13-Jul-2012Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce it handed over the 500th AW139 to Weststar Aviation Services of Malaysia during a ceremony held at the Farnborough International Airshow today. The aircraft was accepted by Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, Group Managing Director of Weststar from Bruno Spagnolini, CEO, AgustaWestland. The 500th delivery comes... Read more
12-Jul-2012Source: Bristow Group
Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today that it has secured several major new multi-year contracts for the provision of a total of 20 large aircraft that are expected to generate in excess of $2 billion in revenue. In Europe, Bristow has been particularly successful with a number... Read more
11-Jul-2012Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that Era Group (“Eraâ€) has signed a contract for five AW189 helicopters plus options. These aircraft will be used to perform long range offshore transport missions. Emilio Dalmasso, Senior Vice President Commercial Business Unit, AgustaWestland said “We are delighted to have signed this contract with Era, a... Read more
11-Jul-2012Source: Sikorsky
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved the S-92® helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. for Sea State 6 (SS6) conditions, completing the S-92A emergency flotation system sea state expansion and bringing further mission capability to operators. Sikorsky Aircraft is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX). The FAA Sea State 6 certification was... Read more
10-Jul-2012Source: Heli-One
Heli-One, the world’s largest independent provider of helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) announces the recent signing of a five-year, multi-million dollar Power by the Hour contract with Pelita Air Service (PAS). The terms of the contract entails provision of tip-to-tail MRO support to four Sikorsky S-76 C++ helicopters that provide air transportation to offshore... Read more
10-Jul-2012Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that CHC Helicopter has signed a contract to acquire 10 AW139 medium twin helicopters over the next three years. These aircraft will be used to perform offshore transport missions in support of the oil and gas industry. This order will bring the total of AW139 helicopters operated... Read more
9-Jul-2012Source: HeliHub.com
AgustaWestland have the 500th AW139 in the static park at Farnborough Air Show this week in the UK. For photo see this page on Airliners.net It is in the colours of Malaysian operator Weststar Aviation Services, with a large “500th” logo and we thus assume – in the absence of official PR from the manufacturer... Read more
6-Jul-2012Source: CHC
CHC Helicopter will release fourth-quarter and full-year financial results for its fiscal-year 2012, which ended April 30, after the market closes on Tuesday, July 10. CHC senior leaders will discuss the company’s strategy and operating performance during a conference call the same day, at 5 p.m. EDT. The earnings call can be accessed via telephone... Read more
2-Jul-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Sunday 1st July saw Dancopter commence operations out of Norwich Airport in the UK, flying for Shell. Two EC155s were noted at the airport this morning – OY-HJA & OY-HSL. Handling work at Norwich is being provided to the Danish operator by SaxonAir Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com... Read more
29-Jun-2012Source: Deccan Chronicle
Anil Srivastava, currently the joint director-general of civil aviation, was also appointed the Chairman and Managing Director of Pawan Hans as an additional charge a few weeks ago by the civil aviation ministry. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has now ordered the civil aviation ministry to hand over the role to someone else due... Read more
28-Jun-2012Source: Ex-Im Bank
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has authorized a $75.7 million loan guarantee for Lider Taxi Aereo S.A.–Air Brasil that will support the export of three Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation S-92® helicopters to Brazil. Ex-Im Bank ‘s support enabled Sikorsky to win the order in competition with government-backed European competitors and will sustain... Read more
26-Jun-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Randall A Stafford, the Senior Vice President and General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Bristow Group is to leave the company’s employ on 30th June. In an agreement signed with the company, and duly filed with the SEC, on 26th, Mr Stafford will get a severance payment of $1.368 million. Mr Stafford is also contracting... Read more
26-Jun-2012Source: CHC
An executive with a long record for guiding organizations to operational excellence has been selected by CHC Helicopter, the world’s leading helicopter-services operator, to head its global flying business. Peter Bartolotta is joining CHC as chief operating officer and president of the company’s Helicopter Services unit. He brings with him business-management expertise and accomplishment from... Read more
22-Jun-2012Source: China Daily
China’s booming offshore oil industry isfueling a growing demand for helicopters,and some operators are now planning todouble the size of their fleets over the next couple of years. (see full story)... Read more
21-Jun-2012Source: RLC
RLC, LLC today announced that Edie Hunt has joined the organization as Vice President Human Resources. She brings nearly 15 years of management and leadership experience in the field of human resources to her new role at RLC and has a proven track record in recruiting and retaining exceptional talent to facilitate company growth. As... Read more
19-Jun-2012Source: Step Change in Safety
The Helicopter Safety Awareness Courses are back by popular demand and are open to offshore safety representatives and others with a keen interest in safety and/or operations. The full day events are run by pilots and technicians from each of the helicopter operators, who will take you behind the scenes of flight safety and operations... Read more
19-Jun-2012Source: HeliHub.com
In an unusual move, Eurocopter has announced that there is no blame on Bond Offshore Helicopters for the ditching of their EC225 on 10th May. In an unpublished statement released only to the Aberdeen Press & Journal – and then widely re-reported elsewhere, Eurocopter have stated “the incident was caused by a rupture of the... Read more
18-Jun-2012Source: FreeFlight Systems
For First Rule-Compliant ADS-B Installation In GOMEX Helicopters Waco Texas, June 14, 2012, FreeFlight Systems, a leading NextGen avionics supplier, and Chevron Corporation announced today that FreeFlight Systems has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the first fully rule-compliant ADS-B solution for Gulf of Mexico (GOMEX) helicopter operators. Developed using the FreeFlight Systems RANGR... Read more
15-Jun-2012Source: Cancer Research UK
CHC Helicopter has pledged to donate £5,000 to Cancer Research UK to celebrate the charity’s patron Her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The company made the donation on behalf of staff working at CHC’s operations in Aberdeen, North Denes and Humberside, as well as search and rescue crews in Sumburgh, Stornoway, Lee-on-Solent and Portland, on... Read more
12-Jun-2012Source: ABC
The heliport will enable passengers to embark directly from the company’s facility to their offshore workplace, rather than from Karratha’s main airport terminal. (see full story)... Read more
7-Jun-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Helicopter pilots in India have appealed to the local aviation authority (DGCA) with a call for them to undertake auditing of helipads, particularly those on offshore rigs. Such audits are currently rare in India. Earlier this week, DGCA chief E.K. Bharat Bhushan met members of the Rotary Wing Society of India, the Oil and Natural... Read more
7-Jun-2012Source: Oil & Gas UK
Oil & Gas UK is once again to host a one-day seminar with the aim of bringing together leading figures in the oil and gas and aviation industries to discuss offshore helicopter safety. The event, which is sponsored by Bond Offshore Helicopters and Maersk Oil, is the seventh annual Aviation Seminar organised by Oil & Gas UK... Read more
1-Jun-2012Source: BALPA
Commenting on the decision by Shell to withdraw from a contract with Bond helicopters following three incidents in three years, Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots’ Association, said: ‘People are used to contracts changing; it is part of commercial life in the North Sea. What is of concern in this instance is... Read more
31-May-2012Source: STV
It is reported that the oil giant has pulled out of a deal with Bond to take over its UK flights as it did not have “sufficient assurances†of the safety of Bond’s operations. (see full story)... Read more
29-May-2012Source: HeliHub.com
CHC Scotia Ltd yesterday registered two more new AW139s on the British Register. Serial number 31414 as G-MGAR and 31418 as G-LOWC. This brings their UK registered fleet to eight, including the three contracted for Coastguard SAR work. Jeremy Parkin – HeliHub.com... Read more
29-May-2012Source: HeliHub.com
This news item is part of the accident data provided by HeliHub.com on this site. Information provided in this update may potentially be incomplete or inaccurate as we frequently post these stories only a very short time after the accident has occurred. Users of HeliHub.com are advised to carry out their own checks and searches,... Read more
