01-Aug-22 - SonAir in Angola orders two Leonardo AW139 helicopters to support the offshore oil and gas industry. The new aircraft will be delivered in Q1 2023 #oilandgas
06-Oct-15 - SonAir Serviço Aéreo, Angolan helicopter operator, four Super Pumas helicopters will receive G-Check inspections at Heli-One’s facility in Rzeszow, Poland.
05-Jun-14 - Marignane, France - The worldwide fleet of EC225s that perform heli-lift duties for oil and gas operators increased by three today with Airbus Helicopters’ triple delivery of workhorse rotorcraft acquired by Milestone Aviation Group and leased to SonAir - an African operator – which will utilize them in Angola.
06-May-14 - Marignane, France - Airbus Helicopters’ EC225 presence in the African oil and gas heli-lift market will expand following delivery of an additional workhorse rotorcraft to SonAir, which is to deploy this long-range helicopter on operations in Angola.
26-Feb-14 - Anaheim, California - Milestone Aviation Group, the global leader in helicopter leasing, and SonAir, the largest African helicopter operator and a subsidiary of the Angolan national oil company Sonangol, announced that three of Milestone’s record order for 30 of Airbus Helicopters’ EC225s will begin performing airlift duties for Angola’s oil and gas sector.
29-Jul-13 - The largest oil and gas helicopter operator in Africa, SonAir, is the first company to resume passenger transportation flights with the grounded EC225 fleet
07-Mar-11 - ORLANDO, Florida - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and SonAir Servico Aereo, S.A. (SonAir) today announced the signing of a contract for six S-76C++™ helicopters in a ceremony held at Heli-Expo. Sikorsky is a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.