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US Helicopter’s (USH) scheduled service between Manhattan’s Wall Street heliport and JFK Airport carried 335 passengers during its first week of operation.

It was bound to happen eventually.

In 1999, in a wide-ranging re-alignment of North Sea helicopter assets, Canadian Helicopter (CHC) bought Norway’s Helikopter Service, together with Brintel

With North Sea competition investing in the EC 225, Super Puma Mk 2 and S-92, is there still a role for the Sikorsky S-61N? The workhorse has been providin

Having flown more than 32,000 hours to date on the Kamov Ka-32, British Columbia, Canada-based Vancouver Island Helicopters (VIH) Logging can claim the tit

Spanish operator Helisureste has taken delivery of an Agusta- Westland 139.

The Helicopter Association International expects to have its international online database of disaster-relief rotorcraft ready for rollout next month.

Carson Helicopters and Sagem Avionics’ U.S.

Summer in the Swiss Alps is short, and construction companies have to work fast in the mountains and valleys.

As demand for new helicopters surpasses the manufacturers’ ability to deliver, marketing consultant HeliValue$ said that prices are increasing dramatically

Eurocopter test pilot Didier Delsalle (center) and president and CEO Fabrice Brégier (right) accepted the world record verification from Fédération Aéronau

Last month the Helicopter Association International (HAI) rolled out its First Responder program–an online database of helicopter operators who, in the eve

Boeing has flown its Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) technology demonstrator without a safety pilot for the first time.
The modified MD 530F lifted off f

A committee within the London Assembly is investigating the issue of helicopter noise in Britain’s capital.

Simplex has introduced a new DC electric hover pump for its Fire Attack helicopter firefighting system that it says slashes fill times by nearly 50 percent

With the appointment of a new manager to lead its bid for a joint civil/military UK Search and Rescue service, Bristow Helicopters is giving notice of its

Russian manufacturer Rostvertol is establishing a joint venture with Lectern Aviation Supplies in Hong Kong to promote its Mi-26T heavy-lifter in the Peopl

The award of the U.S.

As part of a modernization program for its helicopter fleet, AgustaWestland will supply four A109 Powers to Japan’s National Police Agency.

After a competitive tender, San Diego County has approved a sheriff’s department request to buy a new Bell 407.

Investing in a new helicopter is not a decision to be made lightly–especially for a mom-and-pop operation working in a particularly volatile market sector.

London City Airport (LCY) has broached the subject of an east London heliport to cater to the capital’s helicopter traffic.

Sikorsky has taken delivery of a new, ergonomically improved crew seat for the S-92.

The Latvian Border Guard has ordered two Agusta A109 Powers to increase its border-patrol capabilities before joining the European Union’s Schengen (open b

PZL Swidnik in Poland has handed over its 500th airframe–an AW139–to AgustaWestland, marking 10 years of cooperation between the two companies.