Helicopter News
| Angola >> 8/2/2018 - Angola’s state oil company Sonangol has signed an agreement with two helicopter transport firms, Heliconia and Canada’s CHC, to restructure its aviation subsidiary SonAir. ... |
| United Kingdom >> 6/7/2018 - The NHV Group announced a new long term contract with Dana Petroleum to provide helicopter services to their central and northern North Sea assets. Daily flights will depart from NHV’s base in Aberdee... |
| Norway >> 9/18/2017 - Together, Statoil and Eni have awarded Bristow the contract for one SAR helicopter, and one transport helicopter, which can be converted to a SAR helicopter when needed. Both are Sikorsky S-92 helicop... |
| United States >> 3/21/2017 - Bristow U.S. LLC announced that it has been awarded a contract with Shell Offshore, Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), for medevac and search and rescue (SAR) services in the Gulf of Mex... |
| United Kingdom >> 1/6/2017 - A new publication to help guide the growing use offshore of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) – also known as drones – has been published by Oil & Gas UK. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operations Ma... |
| Denmark >> 8/23/2016 - NHV has successfully started H175 helicopter operations in Denmark for our customer Maersk Oil, an international oil and gas company with whom we have a long-standing relationship. The contract entail... |
| Russia >> 6/17/2016 - Rosneft, Leonardo-Finmeccanica S.p.A. and JSC Russian Helicopters signed a Strategic Partnership Development Agreement. The document was signed in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and ... |
| Norway >> 6/2/2016 - Based on the latest report from the Accident Investigation Board Norway, the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority has decided to suspend all use of H225. This helicopter type has already been suspended ... |
| Norway >> 5/18/2016 - The mandate for Statoil’s in-house investigation of the helicopter accident on 29 April is ready. The purpose of the investigation is to identify measures to improve Statoil’s work on helicopter safet... |
| Norfolk Island >> 4/29/2016 - Statoil received notification of a helicopter accident on the Norwegian continental shelf. Statoil has mobilized its emergency response organization. |
| Peru >> 4/5/2016 - Erickson Incorporated has been selected for the transport and precision placement of oil and gas equipment by helicopter over the Amazon region in Peru. ... |
| Norway >> 3/2/2016 - Sikorsky recognized Bristow Helicopters its critical role in safely evacuating hundreds of workers with S-92® helicopters from six oil platforms in the North Sea on Dec. 31, 2015. Sikorsky President D... |
| United Kingdom >> 2/24/2016 - UK-based Fine Tubes and US-based Superior Tube, leading manufacturers and global suppliers of precision tubes for critical applications, have both been awarded contracts by leading airframe manufactur... |
| Norway >> 2/1/2016 - Statoil awards Bristow Norway contracts for personnel transportation from Bergen and Floro starting on 1 May 2017. The awarded contracts will effectively ensure the safety of our transportation servic... |
| Brazil >> 10/21/2015 - Era Group Inc. announced that Aeroleo Taxi Aero S/A, its Brazilian joint venture (Aeroleo), received notification from Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) that Petrobras will cancel the ongoing tende... |
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Singapore >> 5/26/2015 - Coming from across the globe, more than 50 industry leaders have been brought together for the Commercial UAV Show Asia happening at Suntec Singapore from 30 June – 1 July 2015. There, they will prese... |
| United Kingdom >> 3/30/2015 - North Sea oil and gas operators have committed to fund a search and rescue (SAR) helicopter service, supplementing national SAR cover for parts of the Central North Sea. The service will be operated b... |
| Japan >> 1/21/2015 - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has delivered a BK117C-2 helicopter to Kobe City. It is the ninth C-2 model to be used for firefighting and disaster relief. The new helicopter will be scheduled to rep... |
| Guyana >> 8/18/2014 - CGX Energy Inc. provided an operational update on its exploration assets in Guyana.
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| Scotland >> 6/18/2014 - The contract calls for CHC to operate two Sikorsky S-92 aircraft on behalf of Statoil. The helicopters will fly from Aberdeen or Sumburgh on the Shetland Isles to the Statoil operated Mariner field, 2... |
