Camcopter Trials for Equinor In Norway, 29-Jun-22 : #oilandgas Norwegian drone services provider Nordic Unmanned completed 3-week tests for Equinor energy company
Fifth Anniversary of PHI / HNZ Broome Base, 07-Jun-22 : #oilandgas PHI / HNZ joint venture in Western Australia celebrating fifth anniversary. Seven AW139 and S-92 helicopters are operating from Broome supporting offshore oil Inpex and Shell operations in the Browse Basin
Babcock Sale to CHC Must Address Competition Concerns, 02-Jun-22 : #competition The acquisition of Babcock’s oil and gas offshore helicopter services by CHC announced last year must be unwind in order to address competition concerns as the parties were 2 of just 4 suppliers in the UK
70,000 Flight Hours for NHV H175 Fleet, 30-May-22 : #H175 Belgian NHV Group reached 70,000 flying hours with the Airbus H175 helicopter since started operations in 2014. Ten H175 currently fly from Aberdeen (UK) and Esbjerg (Denmark) having also operated from the Netherlands and West Africa
Helicopter Underwater Escape Study, 20-May-22 : #research CAA International (CAAi) awarded contract by European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for a research underwater evacuations ( of offshore helicopters and occupant survivability