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This month, French company Aviaxess will open a helicopter FBO at Paris Heliport, Issy-le-Molyneaux, in addition to starting a fractional helicopter and je

One million hours equals more than 114 years, 11.5 decades or nearly 42,700 days.

EMS operator Inova AirCare is doubling its fleet of aeromed helicopters this month in an effort to increase service to residents of Northern Virginia and t

Steve Daniels has joined Simplex as vice president of sales and marketing.

The ambitions of the UK’s Police Aviation Services (PAS) to attract external training contracts have been boosted by news of a deal for its parent company,

From a safety perspective, last year was not a good year for the air medical sector.

Boeing’s Phantom Works has sent its canard rotor-wing (CRW) prototype aloft for flight test.

One thing that pilots have in common with most people is that, from time to time, they wish they were doing something else in their chosen field.

With this year’s Heli-Expo scheduled for February 6 to 8 in Anaheim, Calif., more than four weeks earlier than last year, news from exhibitors was surprisi

One of the world’s greatest civil engineering projects, the $8 billion Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) carries crude oil 800 miles south from Prudhoe B

Until the start of the new millennium, the business of monitoring helicopters as they flew over inhospitable expanses of land or water could be a haphazard

A New Zealand air ambulance trust has bought a second Sikorsky S-76 to meet a growing demand for emergency medical flights in Auckland.

Three Columbia Helicopters Chinooks have recently entered service in South America.

San Diego’s city council voted unanimously to extend the lease on its fire helicopter for six months.

Bell plans to add about 200 jobs at its Amarillo assembly plant this year, as it gears up to meet expected demand for the V-22 Osprey.

The head of Bell’s new X-Worx center in Arlington, Texas, told AIN that his team is working on a new type of anti-torque device that is “unlike anything yo

When Minden Air contacted BAE Systems’ regional aircraft division to ask about leasing a 146 jetliner to use as a water-bomber, it came as something of a s

Fighting fires from the air used to be an ad hoc business, as unpredictable as the odds of getting a return on your equipment investment.

Bell’s 429 IFR light twin caused quite a stir at its February 2005 launch during the Helicopter Association International show in Anaheim, Californ

Unless you have stood next to a Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey tiltrotor–and you won’t be able to at Le Bourget this week because it’s not here–it is difficult to

BAE’s Jetstream regional airliner family enjoyed a successful year in 2004, delivering 25 turboprops to lease customers, and expecting to achieve its 2005

A recent slew of new announcements from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has reminded the industry that the BAE146/ Avro RJ jetliner family has not gone away.

The first Bell/Agusta BA609 tiltrotor performed its first full conversion to airplane mode in Texas this past August.

Television images last May of Saudi commandos dropping from a Kawasaki-Vertol KV 107IIA helicopter in a dramatic rooftop assault to free hostages from terr

The first of 11 AgustaWestland A109 LOH (light observation helicopters) was handed over to the Malaysian army at the end of last year, during the country’s

Fires are a huge and growing problem in Spain and its islands, as they are throughout southern Europe.

The first of four Super Lynx 300 maritime helicopters destined for South Africa is on display here at the Farnborough airshow at Finmeccanica’s Outside Exh

It’s not only movie theater seats that are now designed with the fuller figure in mind.

On March 13 Aero Vodochody engineers finished work on their 100th Sikorsky S-76C helicopter fuselage.

Bob Fore works for AirScan, a contractor to the U.S.