Airbus Helicopters

2024 Corporate Aviation Leadership Summit

Matt Thurber

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

News and issues regarding all manner of civil and military rotorcraft and their powerplants, including helicopters, tilt rotors and unmanned air vehicles.

News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

Delivery of the first modified helicopter is due in early 2026

Metro Aviation First with EMS STC for Airbus H160

News about simulators and training procedures, as well as workforce.

Pilots will practice emergencies and prep for Part 135 flying

PHI First Air-med Operator To Deploy Loft VR Simulator

Hanneke Weitering

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

Essential news and analysis on the defense aerospace business. Your trusted source for new and ongoing programs and requirements in military aircraft (manned and unmanned), engines, avionics, weapons and associated systems, including ground-based air defense.

Aliaca and Capa-X join Airbus Helicopters’ growing tactical UAS portfolio

Airbus Helicopters Takes Over Survey Copter Drone Lines

Neelam Mathews

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Indian H125 final assembly line expected by March 2026

Mahindra Joins Rotor Chain as Tata-Airbus Readies H125 FAL

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

Four-axis system will help pilots reduce risk in critical phases of flight

Heli Austria Picks Thales/StandardAero StableLight Autopilot

LifeFlight Australia and Linfox joint venture expects to fly the new fleet 1,500 hours a year

StarFlight To Add Three Airbus H145s to Medevac Fleet

Twin-engine configuration and Helionix avionics will prepare pilots for advanced operations

Future Aircrew H135/CT-153 Helos Prep for RCAF Service

Charles Alcock

News and issues concerning the aviation charter and fractional-ownership industries and markets, including company announcements, regulations, new developments and labor issues.

Twin-engined model will be used mainly for offshore energy industry flights

Airbus Helicopters Marks First H160 Delivery in China

Charlotte Bailey

H140 incorporates a new Safran Arrius 2ES engine

Second Airbus H140 Prototype Completes First Flight

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

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Metro Aviation First with EMS STC for Airbus H160

PHI First Air-med Operator To Deploy Loft VR Simulator

Airbus Helicopters Takes Over Survey Copter Drone Lines

Mahindra Joins Rotor Chain as Tata-Airbus Readies H125 FAL

Heli Austria Picks Thales/StandardAero StableLight Autopilot

StarFlight To Add Three Airbus H145s to Medevac Fleet

Future Aircrew H135/CT-153 Helos Prep for RCAF Service

Airbus Helicopters Marks First H160 Delivery in China

Second Airbus H140 Prototype Completes First Flight

China’s Skyco Leasing Group Orders More H175 Helicopters

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