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VAI Daily

Jun. 5, 2025

EASA AD: Airbus Helicopters H160-B

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Emergency Life-Raft System Container Assembly–Replacement, takes effect Jun. 18.

VAI Daily

Jun. 5, 2025

Milestone extends lease with HeliKorea for AW169

Milestone Aviation Group has signed a five-year lease to continue providing a Leonardo AW169 for HeliKorea, which started using the helicopter in December 2016 for air medical operations in South Korea.

VAI Daily

Jun. 5, 2025

Airbus product manager details H140 improvements

Stefan Bestle, H140 marketing product manager, outlines the upgrades to the new H140 designed for air medical operators.

VAI Daily

Jun. 4, 2025

FAA green-lights Garmin autopilot as standard on Robinson R66

Robinson has obtained FAA approval to install the Garmin GFC 600H digital flight control system as standard equipment on R66 helicopters with a serial number of 1510 or later.

VAI Daily

Jun. 4, 2025

Abdul Latif Jameel partners with Joby Aviation in Saudi Arabia

The companies have agreed to explore a distribution agreement that would involve up to 200 of Joby’s electric aircraft and related services.

VAI Daily

Jun. 4, 2025

Blade CEO on board for 1st US electric aircraft passenger flight

Blade Air Mobility CEO Rob Wiesenthal took part in the first passenger-carrying flight of the Beta Technologies Alia conventional takeoff and landing electric aircraft Jun. 3 in New York.

VAI Daily

Jun. 3, 2025

VAI Member Spotlight: Titra, Turkey

Artificial intelligence specialist provides unmanned helicopters and drones to a wide range of operators. Read this story to learn how YOUR VAI member company can be in the Spotlight!

VAI Daily

Jun. 3, 2025

Final FAA AD: Airbus Helicopters EC225 LP

This FAA airworthiness directive (AD), which takes effect Jul. 8, requires installing an electrical bonding-braid modification, as required in a European Union Aviation Safety Agency AD.

VAI Daily

Jun. 3, 2025

Corrected EASA AD: Leonardo AB412, A109E, A109K2, A109S, AB139, and AW139

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a correction for airworthiness directive (AD) ATA 25–Equipment/Furnishings–Hoist–Inspection. The original AD took effect Dec. 6, 2024.

VAI Daily

Jun. 3, 2025

GD Helicopter Finance confirms order for 10 more Airbus H175s

The Irish company converted an option for 10 H175s into a firm order to purchase a total of 20 from Airbus.