1 March 2017

Waypoint Leasing, an independent global helicopter leasing company, will deliver two Airbus Helicopters H135s from its order book on lease to Mackay Helicopters, an Australian helicopter operator. Waypoint’s H135s will operate out of Mackay’s North Queensland Base on specialist helicopter marine pilot transfer operations. Ian Vanderbeek, CEO of Aviator Group, Mackay’s parent company, said, “The

Airbus reported that the A321neo powered by CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine has received Type Certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), paving the way for delivery of the first A321neo equipped with the LEAP engine later this year.

QinetiQ has signed a deal for four Airbus H125 helicopters as part of its modernisation of the Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS), which it manages alongside the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD). Worth approximately £15m, the deal will see Airbus Helicopters’ UK design team upgrade the Garmin G500-equipped aircraft with, among other capabilities, a 3-axis