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PICTURE: Eurocopter EC120 hits 10,000 flying hours with Baltimore police
A Eurocopter EC120 light single-engined helicopter operated by the Baltimore police...
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Aviaxess plots Russian expansion
French business aircraft and helicopter charter company Aviaxess has secured a foothold in the Russian market following the signing of a co-operation agreement with Moscow-based consultancy Allied Aviation.
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Business Aviation - In Brief
The business aviation manufacturing community has welcomed a proposal from the US senate to extend bonus depreciation for equipment purchases throughout 2010
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Business good week
TURBOMECA French president Nicolas Sarkozy opened the helicopter engine maker's new plant in Bordes, near Pau in south-west France. The 42,000m² (452,000ft2)...
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NewsAgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters break ground on Moscow AW139 assembly facility
Russian Helicopters and AgustaWestland broke ground on 22 June on a final assembly plant for the AW139 helicopter.
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China completes design on AC311 helicopter
Chinese state-owned helicopter-maker Avicopter has completed the design of its 2t civil helicopter, the AC311, and plans to build one in time for China's Zhuhai air show in November
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Helicopter sector signs up to business aviation safety standards
In a significant move along the road toward improving helicopter safety charted by the International Helicopter Safety Team (IHST), the industry has signed up to a rotary-wing version of the established International Standard for Business Aircraft Operation, to be known as IS-BAO (HE).
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NewsILA: Eurocopter pledges dramatic increase in R&D spending
Eurocopter chief executive Lutz Bertling believes he has a winning formula to see his company safely through the recession: drastically increase spending...
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Oxford Airport to open new regional aircraft MRO facility
Oxford Airport in the UK is constructing a new £3 million ($4.4 million) maintenance, repair and overhaul facility that will accommodate regional aircraft...
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ILA: Bell's Prague station to be fully operational this year
Bell Helicopter is on track to have its first European service and completions station, in Prague, Czech Republic
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ILA: Romania looks to promising aerospace future
Romania - a powerful aerospace player in communist times - is slowly winning back its status in the global industry, the head of its...
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ILA: Heli trainer to make students safer
The dangers of the first hours training in a helicopter could be a thing of the past if a new development from German firm Heli Aviation.
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India's Delhi International Airports gets new FBO
India's Delhi International airport has selected aviation services provider Shaurya Aeronautics to set up a fixed base operation at the site. Shaurya,...
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Bond's Dauphin's enter service for Perenco support
Bond Offshore Helicopters' two Eurocopter AS365N3 Dauphin helicopters have entered service in the UK sector of the southern North Sea to support crew change operations for oil and gas exploration company Perenco
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ILA: Bell rings in European 429 campaign
A Bell 429 demonstrator has dropped in to ILA on the first leg of a two-month tour of Europe.
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Saudi Aramco dakes delivery of AW139s for oil and gas operations
AgustaWestland has delivered three more AW139 medium twin-engine helicopters to Saudi Aramco to support the state-owned company's oil and gas operations in Saudi Arabia
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ILA: Ash-hunting Falcon a high flier in German research aircraft display
Fresh from its deployment to investigate Eyjafjallajökull's atmospheric impact, a Dassault Falcon 20E "ash hunter" aircraft belonging to German aerospace centre DLR is on display at the show - with "100 years of the ILA" emblazoned on its nose.
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General aviation in brief
ARAMCO AW139s AgustaWestland has delivered three more AW139 medium twin-engine helicopters...
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NewsILA: EADS unveils hybrid eco-helicopter concept
EADS Innovation Works has unveiled a concept helicopter featuring a diesel-electric hybrid propulsion system that it claims has the potential to halve fuel consumption compared with a typical twin-turbine helicopter such as the Eurocopter EC135.
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AW139 lands in Russia
AgustaWestland and Russian Helicopters have formed a joint venture to establish an assembly line Tomolino, near Moscow for the AW139 medium twin helicopter.