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VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

Greek helicopter operator increases flights to tourist destinations

(AIN) – Hoper is increasing scheduled flights to 15 popular tourist destinations, including several islands only accessible by sea ferries.

VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

Rotortrade reports 20% increase in transactions for 2024

A 150% increase in deliveries to the offshore helicopter sector helped fuel the company’s record year-over-year growth last year.

VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

FAA to certify Garmin GFC 600H retrofit for Airbus H130

Garmin anticipates receiving an FAA supplemental type certificate during the second quarter of 2025 for installation on the H130 and EC130 T2.

VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

VAI partners with GPMS to expand access to advanced HUMS

VAI and GPMS International are collaborating to increase VAI member access to health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) technology. Learn more about the new program and the GPMS Foresight MX HUMS at Booth #8425 during next week’s VERTICON 2025 in Dallas, Texas.

VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

Kawak appoints new president as company founder retires

Bend, Oregon–based Kawak Aviation Technologies has promoted Steven Sawyer to president following the Mar. 1 retirement of Mike Reightley, founder and former president.

VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

Blade Air Mobility CEO to present at investor conference

Rob Wiesenthal will give a presentation Mar. 13 at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference in New York City.

VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

FAA updates accident dashboard for February 2025

The agency has published February 2025 data in its Rotorcraft Accident Dashboard, which covers various metrics, including total accidents, fatal accidents, average accident rates, and average fatal-accident rates.

VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

Sterling Helicopter gains new STCs ahead of VERTICON 2025

The Pennsylvania–based company, which is exhibiting at Booth #9540 during next week’s VERTICON 2025, has secured several new FAA supplemental type certificates (STCs), including for the Bell 206 and 407 series, Leonardo AW139, and Sikorsky S-76 series.

VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

Martin-Baker delivers milestone crashworthy helicopter seat

The United Kingdom–based company recently delivered its 3,000th rotating and traversing crashworthy seat. Martin-Baker is exhibiting at Booth #7555 at next week’s VERTICON 2025 in Dallas, Texas.

VAI Daily

Mar. 6, 2025

Air Methods secures US DoD SkillBridge employer approval

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has approved the air medical operator for the SkillBridge program, which helps active-duty service members transition to civilian careers.