Air Methods has sold a Bell 407 aeromedical helicopter to Arizona's Flagstaff Medical Center, which it will continue to operate under a long-term contract, alongside a Bell 206L-3. The company is to transfer a EurocopterBK117 to its Mercy Air Services subsidiary on completion of a long running contract with Stanford University Hospital in California.
Source: Flight International
Airbus Helicopters and partner PHI Aviation will shortly begin route-proving trials with the former’s H160 medium-twin in the Gulf of Mexico.
Piasecki Aircraft has secured new work for its ‘Heliplex’ facility in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, signing a collaboration agreement with Columbia Helicopters to upgrade Model 107 tandem-rotor helicopters to a new more fuel-efficient standard.
MD Helicopters has promoted Ryan Weeks to the role of president, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the rotorcraft manufacturer.
