7-Mar-2023Source: Omni Helicopters
Lisbon based Omni Helicopters International announced a new Search & Rescue capability in support of energy sector clients; they are also exhibiting their flagship Search & Rescue Sikorsky S-92A at Heli-Expo. Omni SAR operations have already commenced for a major international oil company in Guyana, where two (2) Leonardo AW139’s are providing Search & Rescue... Read more
1-Mar-2023Source: HeliHub.com
Babcock International Group today announced the conclusion of its portfolio alignment programme with the completion of the sale of certain of its aerial emergency services businesses to Ancala Partners. These businesses were sold for a cash consideration of €136.2 million (c. £120 million), before completion adjustments and transaction costs. In turn, Ancala have rejuvenated the... Read more
1-Dec-2022Source: Schiebel
Schiebel, together with Thales and sponsored by the UK Royal Navy participated in REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems) and Dynamic Messenger 2022 in Portugal. Together, we successfully demonstrated the CAMCOPTER® S-100 and its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and cargo delivery capabilities, which all received wide acclaim. The... Read more
11-Nov-2022Source: Rotortrade
Rotortrade, the global helicopter dealership, is pleased to announce a further strengthening of its European sales team with the appointment of Eric Bailleul as Sales Director for Spain and Portugal. Eric has a broad and extensive experience of 15 years within the helicopter industry. Throughout his career, Eric has developed new businesses opportunities for well... Read more
20-Oct-2022Source: The Portugal News
Portugal will send six Kamov firefighting helicopters to Ukraine, currently without a license to operate because they are of Russian origin and one of which is inoperative, Defense Minister Helena Carreiras announced.... Read more
5-Sep-2022
Arista Aviation Services, a counted-on provider of rotary wing aircraft repair, overhaul, and modernization – with specialization in the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter – has been awarded a contract to provide six firefighting-capable Black Hawks to the Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa), besting Industry OEMs Leonardo and Bell Helicopter. The contract includes the... Read more
20-Jul-2022
Aside from their offshore operations, Babcock are also selling their onshore interests. Employees were told yesterday that Ancala Partners, a mid-market infrastructure investor was buying Babcock operations in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Sweden and Finland. The deal is priced at €136.2 million Excluded are operations in UK, France, Canada and Australia, where Babcock also operates defence... Read more
11-Jul-2022Source: Vita Inclinata
Vita Inclinata (Vita), developer and producer of precision aerospace and industrial stabilization devices, announced the completion of its Vita Rescue System (VRS) demonstration to Squadron 751 at Air Base #6 in Portugal. The VRS litter attachment demonstration in Portugal underscores the global interest—and need—to improve the safety and efficiency of helicopter hoist rescues. As lawsuits mount and... Read more
7-Jul-2022Source: Eve Air Mobility
On June 14th and 15th, 2022, Eve Holding, Inc. (“Eve” or “the Company”) (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) brought together representatives from its customers and partners to debate important aspects of the Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) environment, including operations, services and support, aircraft performance, Urban Air Traffic Management (“UATM”), cabin design and passenger journey. The event took... Read more
29-Jul-2021Source: Leonardo
Leonardo is pleased to announce that the Portuguese Navy has taken delivery of its first upgraded Lynx Mk95A. The aircraft has been delivered to Montijo, Portugal. The Navy has been operating the Lynx for three decades and the modernisation programme will see the upgraded aircraft in-service into the 2030s. The upgraded aircraft provides the Portuguese... Read more
17-Jun-2021Source: Inzpire
On 26 May, Inzpire’s helicopter Mission Training Device installed at the European Defence Agency’s (EDA) Helicopter Training Centre at Sintra Airbase in Portugal was officially inaugurated during a joint visit by Portuguese Defence Minister João Gomes Cravinho, EDA Chief Executive Jiří Šedivý, EU Military Committee (EUMC) Chairman General Claudio Graziano, as well as representatives from... Read more
14-Apr-2021
In a detailed press release under the brief title of “Business Update”, Babcock International Group not only reaffirmed the sale of their offshore business, but also indicated that all aerial emergency services businesses are under review. The company admitted that the Avincis acquisition in 2014 has not delivered shareholder value with low returns on high... Read more
6-Jul-2020Source: Portuguese Air Force
The Alouette III helicopter marks today 57 years in the service of the Air Force. The aircraft, currently operated by Squadron 552 – “Zangões”, at Air Base No. 11 (Beja), reaches the historic mark on the day when its service period ends. The first Alouette flight, in the Air Force, took place in Luanda (Angola),... Read more
15-Dec-2018
The helicopter was returning to its base in Macedo de Cavaleiros, Bragança district, after carrying out a medical emergency mission to transport a seriously ill patient to the Santo António Hospital in Porto. The accident was located some 4-5 hours after the helicopter was reported missing. All four on board died in the accident, named in this... Read more
13-Jul-2016Source: Leonardo
Leonardo announced at Farnborough International Air Show it recently received a contract award notification for the avionics and engine upgrade of five Lynx Mk95 helicopters currently in service with the Portuguese Navy. The contract is expected to be signed in the coming few weeks. Leonardo welcomes this further recognition of the outstanding naval & modern... Read more
8-Jun-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Portuguese town of Loulé has rejected a request for their municipal heliport to be used as a gateway to support oil and gas exploration off the country’s Algarve coastline. The request was to use the heliport for night flights from a period of at least 45 days starting in September and at times when... Read more
8-Aug-2015
Positioning flight back to base at low level when it crashed and was written off... Read more
16-Jul-2015
Aerial electrical cable collision following water discharge during fire-fighting operation. The pilot managed to immediately land the helicopter. Initial assessment reveals bucket, helicopter tail and one main rotor blade damage.... Read more
29-Jun-2015
Crashed into water during firefighting operations and sank... Read more
18-Jun-2015Source: Russian Helicopters
Rotorcrafts produced by Russian Helicopters (part of State Corporation Rostec) are actively involved in fire-fighting operations in Spain, Portugal, and other countries within Europe. The multirole Ka-32A11BC is the only coaxial helicopter capable of reaching the scene of the blaze in record time and delivering about 5 tonnes of water to extinguish the fire. The... Read more
18-Jun-2015Source: Turbomeca
Turbomeca (Safran), Portuguese Air Force (Força Aérea Portuguesa) and DEFLOC (Locação de Equipamentos de Defesa, S.A.) have signed at the Paris Air Show, signed in the presence of the Portuguese Secretary of State, Assistant to The Minister of National Defense, Mrs Berta Cabral, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support the Portuguese RTM322-powered EH101 fleet.... Read more
11-May-2015Source: Vector
Vector Aerospace’s world leading position for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of the Lynx military helicopter has been further underlined by a programme conducted at the company’s Fleetlands facility in Gosport, Hampshire and the Portuguese Navy Squadron based in Lisbon. The initial project involved one of the Portuguese Mk.95 Lynx, being inducted into Fleetlands for... Read more
4-Dec-2014
Crashed on training flight, killing Portuguese instructor and Angolan student... Read more
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
4-Mar-2014Source: INAER
INAER Portugal has been flying missions for the National Health Service (INEM) since 2000, transporting seriously ill patients by helicopter, either to hospital or between hospitals. In 2013, INAER Portugal carried out 760 medical emergencies missions (HEMS) of INAER Portugal, in which 669 patients with varying pathologies were helped. The company flew 1,239 hours carrying... Read more
18-Dec-2013
Struck powerlines while surveying them for energy company Energias de Portugal. Helicopter crashed into a wooded area. 1 fatal, 2 serious.... Read more
10-Oct-2013Source: Algarve Daily News
The League for the Protection of Nature was particularly miffed at the politicians standing around while the concrete slab was laid without any permission. See full story... Read more
30-Apr-2013Source: Portuguese AF
[Electronic translation] On April 20 was held in the premises of 552 Squadron“HORNETS”, based on the Air Base No. 11 , in Beja, the event commemorating the 50 years of operation of the helicopterALOUETTE III This event, which aimed to mark this milestone, brought together several generations of soldiers who worked and are working with the weapons system... Read more
10-Apr-2013Source: AgustaWestland
[Electronic Translation from Norwegian] A Portuguese AW101 helicopter has set a new record. It saved a man at a distance of 360 nautical mil, which is 670 km. In February this year capsized the Portuguese sailor Javier Sanso when he participated in the Vendee Globe solo race. This happened about the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and... Read more
28-Nov-2012Source: European Defence Agency
The third Helicopter Tactics Symposium was held from 19 – 21 November in Luxembourg. 43 participants from 16 Member States (AT, BE, BG, CZ, DE, ES, EE, FI, FR, HU, IT, LU, NL, PT, SE, UK) and additional guests from New Zeeland and the Joint Air Power Competence Centre exchanged views on the status of... 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
3-Sep-2012
Piloted by Commander Paulo Loureiro and the co-pilot Diogo Cabral – and involved in firefighting when it crashed.... Read more
4-Jul-2012Source: HeliHub.com
The Portuguese Ministry of Defence has suspended participation in the NH90 program and will no longer take delivery of the ten they had ordered. The fleet was intended for the Portuguese Army, and were the TTH (Tactical Trasport Helicopter) variant. The cancellation is believed to be driven by budgetary cost savings. The NH90 acquisition was... Read more
28-Jun-2012Source: BBA Aviation
Lisa Cooper has been appointed Regional Sales Manager for BBA Aviation Engine Repair and Overhaul (ERO). Cooper will provide sales coverage for the United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland and Portugal. She is a 20-year veteran of H+S Aviation Ltd, a BBA Aviation ERO company. “Lisa has worked in customer service at H+S for 20 years,” commented... Read more
24-May-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Portugal’s 751 Squadron, responsible for the country’s SAR helicopters, had achieved a milestone 2,751 rescues. The key rescue was made in the Azores chain of islands in the Atlantic on 20th May when they transported a pregnant woman from the island of Graciosa to a hospital at Angra do HeroÃsmo on the island of Terceira. ... Read more
25-Apr-2012Source: INAER
The Portuguese National Civil Aviation Institute (INAC) has granted INAER Part 147 certification, which accredits the company as an organisation authorised for the training of aeronautical maintenance technicians. INAER Helicopter Portugal can, from now on, provide training courses and carry out the corresponding tests and exams for students who want to qualify as Aeronautical Maintenance... Read more
29-Nov-2011Source: Stirling Square
Stirling Square Capital Partners [“Stirling Squareâ€], the pan-European private equity firm focused on transformational cross-border transactions, today announced a €40m growth capital investment into Portugal-based Omni Helicopters International S.A. [“Omni†or “the Company”]. Based in Lisbon, Omni is the helicopter services specialist that was recently de-merged from the broader aviation group Omni Aviação SGPS S.A.;... Read more
18-Oct-2011
Helicopter ended up upside down, but with the cabin and boom looking reasonably intact – certainly tail boom is complete and tail rotor blades do not appear damaged... Read more
3-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Helitech organisers confirmed to HeliHub.com at Duxford that they are not going to be running an event in Portugal in 2012 as previously planned. The poor economic situation is cited as the main reason, particularly as both Portugal and Spain form part of the “PIGS” countries. This acronym coined by the financial media brings together... Read more
11-Sep-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Everjets, part of clothing company Ricon Group, has recently bought Dauphin G-DPHN. It was previously operated in the UK by Starspeed for a Surrey-based owner who had upgraded from a Twin Squirrel. The Dauphin currently remains on the Britsh “G” register. Everjets is a startup operator whose name appeared in May of this year at... Read more
27-May-2011
General Jose Pinto Ramalho, the Chief of Army Staff, reiterated this week the acquisition of ten medium helicopters ‘NH90’ by the Portuguese Government, a purchase valued at around 130 million euros, which includes maintenance for ten years. [file photo]... Read more
4-Apr-2011Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that a Heliportugal AW139 medium twin helicopter was used to support the visit of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in Portugal on March 31st. The aircraft took off from Air Base No6 Montijo bound for the airfield at Evora. The helicopter later transferred the 13... Read more
17-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com
On last January 16, 2011, EMA (Empresa de Aerial Media, Ltd) marked 5,000 hours with their Ka32 fleet – Kamov 32A11BC, registration CS-HMM, was the actual helicopter which flew the milestone , under the command of pilot José Mendes, co-pilot Joana Santos and winch operator Bruno Martins. This achievement comes after only three years of... Read more
10-Jan-2011
Camera operator and the pilot suffered minor injuries. AS350 was operating for television station TVI. Location was a field adjacent to the A2 motorway... Read more
25-Oct-2010Source: Portugal News
A new building will be constructed at the site for staff who provide support to the heliport for the protection and rescue operations, namely the emergency medical helicopter which has a 24 hour team.... Read more
10-Oct-2010Source: Shephard Group
HeliPortugal, SAF Helicopters of France, Santay Air of Turkey and Brazilian operator HeliBarra have joined forces to grab greater global attention in the markets they serve and get the benefit of economies of scale enjoyed by their larger competitors... Read more
10-Oct-2010Source: Sapo
Helipad at the Port is ready for nearly half a year but still lacks approval of the board of Instituto Nacional de Emergência Médica (INEM)... Read more
7-Oct-2010Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company, is pleased to announce that Vinair Aeroserviços S.A. of Portugal has taken delivery of its first GrandNew light twin helicopter. This aircraft will be used to perform public transport operations. Vinair Aeroserviços S.A. was the first customer for the GrandNew, an evolution of the highly successful Grand helicopter. Vinair Aeroserviços S.A.... Read more
2-Oct-2010Source: Helitech
The Mayor of Cascais will officially open Helitech’s second exhibition in Portugal, which takes place next week from 5th to 7th October at Airport Cascais, near Estoril. Mr António d’Orey Capucho, the Mayor of Cascais, visited the event when it was first held in Portugal in 2008. The Mayor is expected to tour some of... Read more
17-Jul-2010Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, congratulates the Portuguese Air Force (PoAF) on achieving the milestone of 10,000 flying hours with its AW101 medium/heavy three engine helicopter fleet whilst performing search and rescue and fishery protection duties. This achievement was celebrated last Friday at Montijo Air Base, where the Portuguese AW101 fleet is based. General Araújo, the... Read more
6-Jul-2010
Main blades hit tree during firefighting ops... Read more
25-Jun-2010Source: Helitech
Helitech Portugal’s inaugural conference will lift off with a session about how the industry is working ‘Towards consistent simulator standards’, led by the Helicopter International Working Group. As flying hours become increasingly expensive, helicopter operators are investing more than ever in simulators as a reliable alternative. Consequently, not only are the simulators expected to provide... Read more
22-Feb-2010Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company, is pleased to announce that Vinair Aeroserviços S.A. of Portugal has signed a contract for two Grand New light twin engine helicopters. Vinair Aeroserviços S.A. is the launching customer for the Grand New, an evolution of the highly successful Grand helicopter, and these two aircraft will be used for corporate transport... Read more
22-Feb-2010Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica Company, is pleased to announce that Vinair Aeroserviços S.A. of Portugal has signed a contract for two Grand New light twin engine helicopters. Vinair Aeroserviços S.A. is the launching customer for the Grand New, an evolution of the highly successful Grand helicopter, and these two aircraft will be used for corporate transport... Read more
12-Nov-2009Source: EBAN
Portugal’s Heliavia is lobbying for Lisbon airport to provide a new full service dedicated executive terminal. The company’s gm Vitoria Henriques says that it has taken the matter up several times without success.... Read more
11-Oct-2009Source: Rotorhub
The Pumas of 752 Squadron, Portuguese Air Force have celebrated 40 years of service and 70,000 flight hours.... Read more
30-Sep-2009Source: Jornal de Noticias
The three helicopters promised by INEM, in 2007, in return for closing the emergency, should be operational by the end of the year. An Institute study concludes, however, that there is no need to extend the service.... Read more
29-Jun-2009Source: Jornalda Madeira
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25-Jun-2009Source: Jornala Madeira
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13-Jun-2009
13-Jun-09 CS-HFB Bell B206 Alvoco da Serra, Portugal... Read more
19-May-2009Source: AgustaWestland
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6-Mar-2009Source: Imprensa Regional
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21-Feb-2009Source: Rotorhub
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22-Dec-2008Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland And CEIIA Sign R&D, Design And Engineering Contract... Read more
1-Aug-2008Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland Forms Portuguese Subsidiary And Signs AW101 Support Contract... Read more
