EASA Certification for Honeywell EGPWS in AW139, 17-Jul-20 : #oilandgas European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval for Honeywell Primus Epic Phase 8 software with advanced Synthetic Vision System (SVS) and the Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) with offshore modes for the Leonardo AW139 helicopter
40,000 Flight Hours for NHV H175 Helicopters, 16-Jul-20 : #oilandgas Belgian group NHV’s fleet of 13 H175 helicopters have accumulated 40,000 flight hours since entered service in December 2014 in support of offshore oil and gas platforms in the North Sea and West Africa
Sumburgh Oil and Gas Contract Starts, 02-Jul-20 : #oilandgas Babcock S-92 helicopters began 5-year contract for daily flights from Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, to oil and gas platforms in the northern North Sea on behalf of EnQuest, TAQA and CNR International. Workers arrived from Aberdeen on Loganair ATR-42 aircraft
NHV H175 5-Year Extension with Ithaca Energy, 15-Jun-20 : #oilandgas NHV extended 5-years contract with Ithaca Energy (UK) to provide seven-day-a-week transport to offshore oil fields in the Scottish North Sea with H175 helicopters from Aberdeen
Era Helicopters Now Part of Bristow, 12-Jun-20 : #economy On June 11, 2020 Bristow and Era Group completed their merger under the name of Bristow and a combined fleet of more than 300 aircraft being world’s largest operator of S-92, AW189 and AW139 model helicopters
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