My North Sea spotter (aaaahhh...) Hawker Demon reports that "true competition" is set to return there in August 2004 when Bond Offshore Helicopters is due to start operations. What really caught his eye, however, was its telephone number: +44 1452 856 er....007. The question is will Bristow or CHC be shaken or stirred?
Source: Flight International
Airbus Helicopters chief executive Bruno Even has played down fears over the sales performance of its H160, following a year in which the airframer booked just four orders for the new medium-twin.
Japan’s National Police Agency has taken delivery of a pair of Airbus Helicopters H160 medium-twins, becoming the type’s first parapublic operator in Japan.
CHC Helikopter Service is to deploy six helicopters – including three on-order Leonardo AW189s – to support a new offshore contract with Aker BP in Norway.
