CHC Helicopter's Australian subsidiary, Lloyd Helicopter Services, has won a $9.1 million contract to support the United Nations Assistance Mission in East Timor, providing two Eurocopter Super Pumas for personnel transport and one Bell 212 for medical evacuation. The one-year contract includes extension options.
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.
