Bond Offshore Helicopters has ordered two Eurocopter AS322L Super Puma MkIIs for a 10-year, £100 million ($176 million) BP Exploration contract to provide search-and-rescue services in support of oil operations in the North Sea. The helicopters will enter service in December 2005, one based on a production platform in the central North Sea and one on the Shetland Islands.
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.
