Tag: Airbus

Airbus wraps up VERTICON 2025 with commitments for 118 helicopters

Airbus Helicopters wraps up the 2025 edition of VERTICON with 118 commitments, including 63 firm orders, from customers worldwide for a variety of its multi-mission helicopters. Major highlights included more than 74 commitments for the H140, the new light twin-engined multi-mission helicopter th...

Airbus introduces the light twin-engined H140 to its range

Airbus Helicopters has introduced its H140 at the vertical lift industry show VERTICON in Dallas, Texas. The H140 is a 3-tonne class rotorcraft that complements Airbus Helicopters' current light twin offering for the emergency medical services, passenger transport, and private and business aviati...

Global Medical Response and Airbus sign agreement for up to 15 H140 helicopters

Global Medical Response (GMR) and Airbus Helicopters have signed an agreement for up to 15 H140 helicopters in the emergency medical services (EMS) sector. GMR is one of the launch customers for the new H140 helicopter that was unveiled at the vertical lift industry show VERTICON in Dallas, Texas...

FAA certifies Airbus H125 IFR capability

The H125‘s single pilot instrument flight rules (IFR) capability has been certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), paving the way for first deliveries in 2025 from Airbus Helicopters’ assembly line in Columbus, Mississippi. This new feature, developed in collaboration with...

RoyalJet selects the ACJ320neo for enhanced services

RoyalJet selects the ACJ320neo for enhanced services

Abu Dhabi based premium private aviation charter operator, RoyalJet has placed a firm order for three ACJ320neo aircraft in line with its strategy to enhance and broaden its product portfolio offering to customers. The agreement makes RoyalJet a new Airbus customer. The ACJ320neo offers intercont...

Gogo|Satcom Direct and Airbus finalise multifaceted memorandum of understanding

Gogo Business Aviation |Satcom Direct today announced the finalizing of a multifaceted Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus. The MoU confirms the two organizations’ aim to leverage the full potential of the Gogo Air-to-Ground (ATG), FlightDeck Freedom, and Gogo Galileo satellite connec...

Airbus sees continued growth in helicopter sales in 2024

Airbus Helicopters logged 455 gross orders in 2024, highlighting a steady market growth with a strong performance this year for its light, light twin-engined, and heavy helicopters. The orders came from 182 customers in 42 countries. The Company delivered 361 helicopters in 2024, resulting in a p...

VOLANT unveils VE25-100 eVTOL at China International Import Expo

Emerging eVTOL manufacturer VOLANT made a notable debut at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in the Future Mobility zone of the Automobile Exhibition Area. The company showcased its cutting-edge VE25-100 electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, redefining the future of tr...

Global Medical Response orders 28 Airbus helicopters in fleet expansion

Global Medical Response (GMR) has placed an order for 28 Airbus helicopters, including six H125s, five H130s, 14 H135s and three H145s, as it continues expanding its air medical fleet. Following GMR’s order of five Airbus helicopters earlier in 2024, the company will operate a fleet of nearly 2...

Airbus marks 40 years of growth in Canada with helicopter order for Ontario

Airbus celebrates 40 years of presence in Canada with an order by the Government of Ontario for three Airbus H135 helicopters for the Ontario Provincial Police in Ottawa, the Greater Toronto Area and in the OPP's North West (Thunder Bay) Region. Airbus Helicopters established its Fort Erie, Ontar...

Avincis takes delivery of two five-bladed H145s

Avincis has today taken delivery of two five-bladed H145 aircraft at the Airbus facility in Donauwörth, Germany. Both aircraft will be deployed in Avincis HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Services) operations. One will the join the fleet in Italy, strengthening operations across Avincis’ net...

Airbus partners with Avincis on advanced air mobility

Airbus and Avincis, a European helicopter operator, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on the development of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). The companies will collaborate to explore opportunities for operating electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft throughou...

Airbus signs order with LCI and SMFL for 21 latest generation helicopters

Airbus Helicopters, LCI and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company, Limited (SMFL), have announced an order for up to 21 of the latest generation helicopters. The major new order from LCI and SMFL’s joint venture leasing operation, SMFL LCI Helicopters (SMFLH), consists of 14 firm orders p...

CityAirbus NextGen makes its debut

Airbus has presented its full electric CityAirbus NextGen prototype to the public, ahead of its maiden flight later this year. The two-tonne class CityAirbus, with a wing span of approximately 12 metres, is being developed to fly with a 80 km range and to reach a cruise speed of 120 km/h, making ...

Airbus and LCI to partner on development of Advanced Air Mobility Ecosystems

Airbus and LCI, a leading aviation company, have announced a collaboration agreement to jointly develop ecosystems for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). The collaboration will focus on the development of partnership scenarios and business models in three core AAM areas: strategy, commercialisation and...

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