CHC Helicopters (Africa) has won a five-year renewal of its contract to support Mobil Equatorial Guinea operations of the coast of West Africa, with two new Sikorsky S-76C+ helicopters replacing two Bell 212s based at Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. CHC Helicopters International has won a two-year renewal of its contract to support PTT Exploration & Production in Thailand with two S-76A++ helicopters.
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.
