Airbus Helicopters and Safran Helicopter Engines team up for greener vertical flight
Global industry leaders sign innovation cooperation agreement in preparation of Horizon Europe research programme. Airbus Helicopters, the world's largest civil helicopter manufacturer, and Safran Helicopter Engines, the global leader in helicopter turbines, are...
Mi-38: successful test in extreme conditions
Specialists of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, a subsidiary of the Russian Helicopters holding, finished a series of Mi-38 flights conducted under the instrument flight rules (IFR), as well as in conditions of extremely high temperature and high altitude. Test...
Safran and Thai Aviation Industries to support Royal Thai Armed Forces helicopter engines
Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Thai Aviation Industries (TAI) during International Paris Air Show. The two entities will support helicopter engines operated by Royal Thai Armed Forces and by parapublic operators. This MOU marks...
LCI closes us$75m financing facility
Lease Corporation International (LCI) has successfully closed a new asset-backed helicopter financing facility in excess of US$75 million. The new facility, led by CaixaBank along with a consortium of financial institutions, was arranged by National Westminster Bank...
IDAG welcomes a new MD530F
MD Helicopters (MDHI) announced the sale and delivery of a new MD 530F to International Defense & Aerospace Group, LLC (IDAG), a Pennsylvania-based authorized sales agent. The company’s first state-of-the-art MD 530F aircraft with a production all-glass...
Serbia and Airbus Helicopters expand partnership
Serbia has received its first H145 helicopter and will become a maintenance hub for SA 341 / SA 342 Gazelle helicopters. "Both events underline the fact that Serbia and Airbus have entered into a close partnership", as Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even pointed out at...
Airbus Helicopters supports modernisation of training center in Ukraine
Airbus Helicopters has accelerated the set-up of new pilot and technician training capabilities in Ukraine. The company will be delivering an H225 Full Flight Simulator (FFS) that will be based in Krementchuk, as well as delivering the first two H125 for pilot...
New H145 High Altitude Flight Campaign Begins in Chile
The prototype of the five-bladed H145 which Airbus Helicopters unveiled at Heli-Expo in Atlanta in March 2019, has just arrived in Chile where the aircraft will start a high altitude flight campaign. EASA certification is expected in early 2020, with deliveries...
Safran to Continue Supporting UK MOD Merlin and Apache Helicopter Engines
Safran Helicopter Engines has signed a three-year support contract extension with the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment and Support agency, to provide an end-to-end availability service for the RTM322 engines fitted to Royal Navy Merlin and British Army...
Airbus, Groupe ADP and the RATP Group sign a partnership to study the integration of flying vehicles into urban transport
Airbus, Groupe ADP and the RATP Group, along with the Paris Ile-de-France region and the French civil aviation authority (DGAC), have announced the launch of a feasibility study to demonstrate an urban system of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles for the...
