Aircraft & Engines

The capabilities of Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency (FDMA) in crisis response and coordination will be significantly improved following its introduction of a Eurocopter AS365 N3 helicopter equipped with a high-speed, real-time transmission system using Earth-orbiting relay satellites. This installation – called the Helicopter Satellite Communication System (HSA) – enables direct transmission to satellites […]

Nordic Aviation Capital A/S (NAC) of Billund, Denmark has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire four Q400 NextGen airliners. Based on the list price of the Q400 NextGen airliner, the contract is valued at approximately US$134.77m. The four aircraft will be operated by airBaltic of Riga, Latvia and will join eight Q400 NextGen airliners

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, and Weststar Aviation Services announced that a contract for the supply of six AW139 and two AW189 helicopters, plus options, was signed at the Langkawi International Maaritime and Aerospace (LIMA) exhibition. The contract was signed by Tan Sri Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, Group Managing Director of Weststar and Geoff Hoon, Managing

Sikorsky Aircraft has entered into agreements to sell two S-76D helicopters to PT Travira Air, a Jakarta, Indonesia-based charter airline company. Sikorsky made the announcement from the Langkawi International Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition. The purchase of the two S-76D aircraft represents the latest addition to the company’s fleet but also represents the launching of the

On behalf of Republic Airways of the U.S., Skyworld Aviation has arranged the lease of a 37-seat ERJ 135 aircraft to specialist charter and shuttle operator JetGo of Australia. This aircraft will operate alongside two existing ERJ 135’s with the operator supporting the mining industry in Queensland, Australia. Serial number 145713 (N836RP – VH-JZG) left

Following major orders of the EC225 signed at the Heli-Expo earlier this month in Las Vegas, the sales momentum for this 11-ton class helicopter from Eurocopter’s Super Puma family continues at the Langkawi Maritime & Aerospace Exhibition this week in Malaysia with an order for two units from Weststar Aviation Services. A Memorandum of Understanding

Germany’s airberlin group took delivery of its first Airbus A320 equipped with fuel saving wing tip devices, called Sharklets. The aircraft will join the fleet of the Austrian based airline NIKI, which is owned by the airberlin group. Between now and 2015 the airberlin group, Germany’s second biggest airline, will receive 13 more A320-Family aircraft

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, reported that its AW189 Search & Rescue (SAR) helicopter will play a pivotal role in the provision of SAR services in the UK. Bristow Helicopters Ltd., which has been awarded the contract by the UK Department for Transport to provide SAR services to the UK for 10 years, has selected the

Having reached key labor agreements with its pilot and flight attendant unions on the introduction of new aircraft, Hawaiian Airlines has signed a definitive purchase agreement with Airbus to acquire 16 new A321neo aircraft between 2017 and 2020, with rights to purchase an additional nine aircraft. The transaction, which finalizes the Memorandum of Understanding announced