All articles by Dominic Perry – Page 130
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Babcock to pay £1.6 billion for Bond parent Avincis
Engineering support services provider Babcock will snap up up helicopter operator Avincis - the Bond Aviation and Inaer parent - for a total of £1.6 billion ($2.6 billion) from its private equity owners Investindustrial and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Qatar plans €2bn NH90 acquisition
Qatar has signed a letter of intent covering the possible acquisition of 22 NH Industries NH90 helicopters in a deal worth around €2 billion ($2.8 billion).
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ANALYSIS: Deep ties help Boeing win out in Japan
All Nippon Airways, a Boeing stalwart for many years, on 27 March placed a series of tentative commitments that will have disappointed and pleased Airbus in almost equal measure.
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Airbus Helicopters 'cements ties' with Avicopter
Amid the higher-profile agreements covering commercial airliners signed on 26 March by Airbus and its Chinese partners, France’s rotorcraft industry was also busy with its Beijing counterparts.
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Italian Chinooks stay on schedule
AgustaWestland remains on schedule to deliver the first three locally assembled F-model CH-47 Chinooks to the Italian army by the end of the year.
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PICTURE: Airbus to offer 11-abreast economy seats on A380
Airbus is to offer A380 customers the option of an 11-abreast economy-class layout using 18in-wide (46cm) seats made possible by raising the floor 2in on the main deck of the superjumbo.
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PICTURES: First Italian air force HH-101A breaks cover
The first AgustaWestland AW101 destined for the Italian air force has been displayed to service officials at the Anglo-Italian airframer's Yeovil, UK facility.
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CHC reshapes fleet with heavy helicopter bias
Canadian operator CHC Helicopter has reiterated its plan to reshape its fleet, increasing the number of heavy rotorcraft in its portfolio to take advantage of continued growth in deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil and gas exploration.
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Bond fights back against negligence claims
North Sea operator Bond Offshore Helicopters has moved to defend itself from accusations of negligence following a court ruling that a 2009 fatal crash involving one of its Airbus Helicopters AS332 Super Pumas could have been prevented.
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Brazilian army to receive first enhanced Panther K2 helicopters
Airbus Helicopters will deliver the first two upgraded AS365 Panther K2s to the Brazilian army later this month, ahead of operational evaluations by the service.
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German army receives final ASGARD-standard Tiger helicopter
Airbus Helicopters has delivered to the German army the last of 12 Tiger UHT support helicopters upgraded to the ASGARD configuration for deployment to Afghanistan.
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Lessors highlight growth in rotorcraft segment with Heli-Expo deals
Operating lessors have underscored their growing importance in the rotorcraft sector with a total of 82 firm orders placed at the recent Heli-Expo show.
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AgustaWestland plans to reopen AW609 orderbook this year
AgustaWestland will reopen its order book for the in-development AW609 civil tiltrotor this year as it looks to add to the near 60 commitments it already holds for the aircraft.
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Boeing completes upgrade on first French E-3F Sentry
Flight-test activities on the first of four Boeing E-3F Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft operated by the French air force will commence shortly following the end of mid-life upgrade work on the jet.
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Evolution not revolution at Bristow Group
Bristow Group, arguably the biggest offshore helicopter operator in the world, will, from 1 August, have a new chief executive in place.
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SINGAPORE: Relentess and SLS teams battle to win first-flight race
Bell is targeting maiden flight of its two new civil programmes – the 525 Relentless and the Short Light Single (SLS) – this year, but is still uncertain which will reach the milestone first.
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SINGAPORE: Bell pushes ahead with export V-22 sales
Bell is working with partner Boeing to finalise a number of export sales campaigns for its V-22 Osprey even as it continues development activities on its V-280 Valor third-generation tiltrotor.
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AW189 gains EASA certification
AgustaWestland has gained certification for its new 8.3t AW189, paving the way for delivery of the first two helicopters to launch customer Bristow Group in the coming days.
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New Bristow CEO reaffirms safety commitment
Bristow Group’s chief executive designate has promised to continue the helicopter operator's commitment to aviation safety when he takes the helm in the summer.
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Dassault and BAE Systems welcome Anglo-French UCAV pact
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have welcomed the launch by the UK and France of a joint two-year £120 million ($198 million) feasibility study into a future unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV).