25-Feb-2011Source: Times of India
The state government has been asked to examine the feasibility of setting up commercial heliports at Mahalaxmi Racecourse and near Priyadarshini Park in south Mumbai.... Read more
21-Feb-2011
The state government has constructed a new helipad at the Chavannagar rural police headquarters in Pashan.... Read more
14-Feb-2011Source: CAE
GONDIA, INDIA–(Marketwire – Feb. 14, 2011) -Â Yesterday, in the presence of The Honourable Minister Praful Patel and Mr. Marc Parent, President and Chief Executive Officer of CAE, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and CAE agreed that a helicopter ab initio pilot training program will be launched later this year at the CAE Global... Read more
12-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Indian manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) is planning an IPO, although no date has yet been set. The state owned company follows a number of others which the Indian Government have floated in recent years. The move is being promoted as necessary from a corporate governance position, but it is also seen as a way... Read more
11-Feb-2011Source: Eurocopter
The acquisition of five AS350 B3 helicopters by three Indian customers was announced by Eurocopter and its Eurocopter India subsidiary at the Aero India 2011 exhibition in Bangalore. Three of the rotary-wing aircraft were ordered by Global Vectra, whose fleet will grow to seven AS350 B3s; while Summit Aviation and SS Aviation each purchased one.... Read more
11-Feb-2011Source: Express Buzz
We will design, develop and manufacture more than 100 Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), 300 Light Utility Helicopters (LUH) and 400 Indian MultiRole Helicopters (IMRH),” said Soundara Rajan, Director, Corporate Planning and Marketing of HAL... Read more
9-Feb-2011Source: Oboronprom
Russian defence firm Oboronprom has identified India as its strategic partner and is ready to forge a long-term partnership with the country, according to a top company official. Russian Helicopters Holding combining all the helicopter plants under the Oboronprom roof is to display its latest models at the Aero India 2011 show in Bangalore beginning... Read more
9-Feb-2011Source: AgustaWestland
AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that it has sold two more AW139 medium twin helicopters to customers in India. Adani Group has signed a contract for one AW139 to perform VIP/corporate transport missions as well as another corporate customer. Emilio Dalmasso, Senior Vice President Commercial Business Unit, AgustaWestland said “We are happy... Read more
9-Feb-2011Source: Saab
At Aero India in Bangalore, defence and security company Saab have announced the establishment of a Research and Development Centre in India. With the establishment of this Research & Development Centre Saab will create a sustainable and long term relationship to be able to co-develop critical technologies with India. This centre is a part of... Read more
9-Feb-2011Source: Russian Helicopters
The Ka-32A11BC, the Russian civil all-weather coaxial helicopter, has been certified for operations in India. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of the Republic of India (DGCA) allowed operations on the basis of the certificate issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). EASA issued a standard EASA.IM.R.133 certificate for the Ka-32A11BC in 2009. The... Read more
9-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Russia’s Rosoboronexport and India’s Axis Aerospace & Technologies Pvt. Ltd. have announced the signing of an initial agreement to form a joint venture for aerospace and defense business. The JV will also work in design, production and integration of avionics systems, including production of Russian avionics under licence in India. It would focus on areas... Read more
9-Feb-2011Source: Rosoboronexport
At Aero India 2011 Rosoboronexport offers its foreign customers a wide range of helicopter systems. In recent years exports of Russian rotary-wing aircraft have been steadily growing. Amongst the most popular export items one finds a family of the Mi-17 military helicopters, being delivered these days also to the Indian Air Force. Proven and effective... Read more
9-Feb-2011
The GMR Hyderabad Aviation SEZ Ltd., a company of the GMR Group have announced that they have reached an in-principle agreement on terms with Indian Rotorcraft Ltd to locate the AW119ke helicopter assembly and flight testing facility at the GMRÂ Aerospace Park in Hyderabad.... Read more
9-Feb-2011Source: Bell
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, has announced the first delivery of a Bell 429 helicopter to a customer in India. The announcement took place at the biennial Aero India air show where the company has the aircraft on display. The customer, Span Air, is headquartered in New Delhi and is one of... Read more
8-Feb-2011Source: Russian Helicopters
The Indo-Russian Maintenance and Repair venture, Integrated Helicopter Services Private Ltd.(IHSPL), established by Russian Helicopters, a part of United Industrial Corporation (UIC) Oboronprom, and Indian company Vectra Group, is opening a service centre for all type of civil Russia-made helicopters in the Republic of India. The opening ceremony took place in Greater Noida, a New... Read more
7-Feb-2011Source: HeliHub.com
During Aero India in Bangalore this week, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) will hold handover ceremonies for a total of six helicopters. One Chetak helicopter will be going to the Namibian Air Force. On Wednesday 9th February, five Dhruv helicopters will be handed over to the Indian Army as the first batch of their recent order.... Read more
4-Feb-2011
HAL promises that the LCH will fly manoeuvres that will eclipse the Indian Air Force’s globally-acclaimed Sarang aerobatics team, which flies the Dhruv helicopter.... Read more
3-Feb-2011Source: Ground Report
J&K Minister for Tourism and Culture, Nawang Rigzin Jora says that he hopes that launching of Heli Skiing will add more beauty in Gulmarg resort and attract more tourists to this place from all over the world [file photo]... Read more
2-Feb-2011Source: CAE
The Helicopter Academy to Train by Simulation of Flying (HATSOFF), the joint venture owned equally by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and CAE, today announced that its simulator cockpit for the civil/conventional variant of the Dhruv has arrived at the HATSOFF training centre in Bangalore following design and manufacture at CAE’s facility in Montreal, Canada. The... Read more
2-Feb-2011
Helicopter crashed into unoccupied building close to an air base used for training by the Indian Army. Two killed were Major Atul Garje and Captain Bhanu Pratap Gupta... Read more
30-Jan-2011Source: HeliHub.com
Himachal Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal has this weekend launched the much-awaited helicopter services to cater for high-end tourists. He ceremonially sent off the first helicopter flight for Kullu from Annandale helipad on Saturday, operated by an MD600N from the Simm-Samm Company. Two other operators Shiva Heli Services and Mesco Airlines are also involved. The... Read more
28-Jan-2011Source: DNA India
Despite amendments made by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp in the development control rules to set up helipads on city rooftops, permission will now also be required from a committee formed by the state government under the chairmanship of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board... Read more
26-Jan-2011Source: Times of India
This is an odd one. Given it’s a scheduled flight which has evidently been operating for some time, why would they reach a point where the pilot refused to land the helicopter due to the size of the helipad? There’s no indication of the operator using a different size of helicopter, for instance. it’s feasible... Read more
26-Jan-2011Source: Business Standard
State-run Pawan Hans Helicopters, which has emerged as Asia’s leading helicopter, is working towards building a fleet of 500 helicopters. That’s a huge increase over its current fleet strength of 41 helicopters... Read more
21-Jan-2011Source: Domain B
India’s indigenously developed attack helicopter, the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), will make a demonstration flight at the upcoming AeroIndia show here, to be held from 9-13 February.... Read more
16-Jan-2011Source: Times of India
The aviation ministry is putting pressure on Oil and Natural Gas Corporation to refund liquidated damages it claimed from Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd for delaying delivery of 12 helicopters chartered in December 2005... Read more
6-Jan-2011
Indian operator OSS Air Management is acquiring two AW109s to provide an air ambulance service in Bangalore by the middle of 2011... Read more
4-Jan-2011Source: DSCA
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on December 22 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India of various engines, equipment, weapons, training, parts and logistical support for a possible Direct Commercial Sale of 22 AH-64D Block III Apache helicopters. The complete package is worth approximately $1.4 billion. The Government of... Read more
23-Dec-2010
The three also plan to together float an aviation company to cater to the growing air-transportation needs in the state.... Read more
16-Dec-2010
Rolled over while taxiing.  Caught fire and injuring both the pilots (named in one report as S P S Brar and M S Brar)... Read more
14-Dec-2010Source: Press Information Bureau
A contract for the procurement of 80 Mi 17-V5 helicopters along with spares and the associated equipment was signed between Ministry of Defence and M/s Rosoboronexport, Russia on 5th December 2008 at a cost of US $ 1,345,836,495.83. The Mi-17-V5 helicopters will be utilised for Special Heliborne Operations, air-maintenance, transportation of troops and equipment, search... Read more
14-Dec-2010
The Mi-26 chopper carrying defence personnel took off from the technical airport at Satwari and crashed within minutes of take off at 0950 hours, defence spokesperson Lt Col Viplov Nath said.... Read more
1-Dec-2010Source: Sify
The pair, Uday M. Warekar (33) and Palraj Thevar (38), were working for Air Works Engineering, the company in-charge of maintaining Anil Ambani Group’s Bell-412... Read more
30-Nov-2010Source: Business Standard
The base of the operators will be at Annadale helipad in the state capital Shimla. Ticketing would be done by the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation... Read more
19-Nov-2010
All 12 armed forces personnel on board an IAF MI-17 helicopter were killed when it crashed minutes after take-off from Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.... Read more
9-Nov-2010Source: MyIris
During the quarter to 30th September 2010, the loss of the company declined to Rs 183.45 million compared with a loss of Rs 312.11 million in the same quarter last year.... Read more
8-Nov-2010Source: Tata Advanced Systems
Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. (TASL) Sunday unveiled the first Sikorsky-92 helicopter cabin manufactured at its facility at the aerospace and precision engineering Special Economic Zone (SEZ) on the outskirts of Hyderabad. TASL is scheduled to deliver the first cabin later this month to US-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp, one of the world’s largest helicopter manufacturers and... Read more
8-Nov-2010
The Cheetah helicopter was on a routine air maintenance sortie when the crash landing took place at 0810 hours, IAF sources said in New Delhi. Defence Ministry sources said the two pilots on board the helicopter were injured and were evacuated to Leh for treatment.... Read more
7-Nov-2010Source: AMCAR
This news item is part of the HeliHub.com “Register Updates†series, listing helicopters which have been added to a particular national register, removed from it or the listed owner has changed. Our coverage represents the majority of registration and owner changes within the global civilian helicopter fleet. Most updates are weekly or monthly, although some... Read more
1-Nov-2010Source: Hindustan Times
Helicopters of either MI-17 series or of equivalent capability, which can fly both at day and night, may be deployed before the end of the year.... Read more
1-Nov-2010Source: Times of India
The Airport Authority of India has begun feasibility studies for setting up an airstrip and heliport in the pilgrim town of Guruvayur in Kerala’s Thrissur district.... Read more
1-Nov-2010Source: Times of India
The first helicopter cabin manufactured by Tata Advanced Systems in the aerospace SEZ in Ranga Reddy district will be delivered next week.... Read more
26-Oct-2010Source: HeliHub.com
Through 2010, HeliHub.com has become known for its range of official register updates, where we list new helicopter registrations, cancellations, changes of owner etc for a range of countries – Australia, Austria, Ireland, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, South Africa, Switzerland and UK. We are now very pleased to report that, in association with AMCAR, we... Read more
24-Oct-2010Source: AMCAR
This news item is part of the HeliHub.com “Register Updates†series, listing helicopters which have been added to a particular national register, removed from it or the listed owner has changed. Our coverage represents the majority of registration and owner changes within the global civilian helicopter fleet. Most updates are weekly or monthly, although some... Read more
22-Oct-2010
The pilots reported a technical problem in the chopper shortly after take off and landed in emergency condition... Read more
21-Oct-2010Source: Express Buzz
The CIAL has plans to construct an exclusive heli terminal with four or five helipads in Kochi airport.... Read more
20-Oct-2010Source: Eurocopter
Eurocopter today inaugurated its new Indian subsidiary, which has been given the goals of expanding the world’s largest helicopter manufacturer’s commercial presence in this highly-promising marketplace, reinforcing its support and services network throughout the country, and further developing the company’s four-decade relationship with Indian industry. Eurocopter India Pvt. Ltd. is the 25th subsidiary established worldwide... Read more
12-Oct-2010Source: Hindustan Times
The cost of flying a helicopter for one hour is significantly higher than reserving a lane specifically for Games use on one of Delhi’s chaotic roads – and thus ground transportation has been preferred... Read more
5-Oct-2010Source: Telegraph India
Tenders, published by the department last week, suggest that the selected agency should be able to provide services within 12 hours of booking. The last date to respond is October 7. The technical and financial bids will be opened next afternoon.... Read more
30-Sep-2010Source: Eurocopter
Eurocopter, the world’s largest helicopter manufacturer is proud to announce its participation in the National Seminar on Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) organized on Tuesday, 28th September at 11:00am at the ROYAL GARDENIA, BANGALORE. The event organized by the Rotary wing Society of India focussed on the challenges and prospects of HEMS in Europe and... Read more
28-Sep-2010Source: Daily Bhaskar
Madhya Pradesh Aviation Department has confirmed the order, which is not due for delivery for at least 12 months... Read more
27-Sep-2010Source: Deccan Herald
The operators have been advised “to ensure that VIP sorties (are) avoided over dense forests or difficult hilly terrain where emergent landing or search and rescue become difficult in case of any eventuality,” the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said in a recent operations circular.... Read more
23-Sep-2010Source: Economic Times
The ministry is working on a policy to kick off helicopter services in a big way as major Indian cities face ground congestion, making movement difficult even in cases of health and security-related emergencies.... Read more
22-Sep-2010Source: Morung Express
For the benefit of commuters availing Helicopter Service, the General Manager Nagaland State Transport Pekrusetuo Angami in a press release has notified some guidelines for information and actions as required... Read more
19-Sep-2010Source: DNA
Stuck in the permission glitch of various ministries of the central government, the heliports planned by the state government at Nariman Point and Nerul may not be able to meet their deadlines.... Read more
16-Sep-2010Source: Calcutta News
‘We have entered into a contract to train all the Bell helicopter pilots in India at this simulation centre which has boosted our confidence to eye the overseas market,’ HATSOFF chief executive officer Wing Commander (retd) C.D. Upadhyay said... Read more
16-Sep-2010Source: Sify
Major international helicopter manufacturers Wednesday said that they were optimistic about the growth of the industry in India with the upcoming infrastructural facilities like a heliport in the national capital.... Read more
15-Sep-2010Source: Deccan Herald
HAL’s helicopter training wing, Rotary Wing Academy, is in the process of acquiring simulators for its Schweizer 300C chopper.... Read more
8-Sep-2010Source: Express Buzz
Indian Rotorcraft, a joint venture between Tatas and Italian helicopter company AgustaWestland, will set up a helicopter manufacturing unit at GMR’s aviation SEZ at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport soon.... Read more
8-Sep-2010Source: Lloyds List
Intervention by an Indian Navy ship frustrated attempts by Somali pirates to capture any of the dozen vessels transiting the Gulf of Aden in formation under Indian protection.... Read more
7-Sep-2010Source: Economic Times
A mega heliport at Rohini in north Delhi and a helipad for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) being built by state-run Pawan Hans Helicopter Limited (PHHL) will be operational by mid-September.... Read more
31-Aug-2010Source: Financial Express
The offer includes servicing and spares for six obsolete Sikorsky UH-3H Sea King helicopters that came onboard the USS Trenton – now renamed as INS Jalashva... Read more
25-Aug-2010Source: iStockAnalyst
The Tata-Sikorsky joint venture to manufacture aerospace components and systems at the Aerospace Park on the outskirts of Hyderabad will start rolling out products from November.... Read more
20-Aug-2010Source: RIA Novosti
The Indian Air Force will soon order an additional 59 Russian Mil Mi-17 helicopters on top of the 80 ordered earlier, the IAF chief said on Thursday.... Read more
17-Aug-2010Source: Economic Times
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp plans to pursue multiple opportunities in the Indian defence market, a strategy that could see the company, actively targeting the country’s internal security set-up.... Read more
16-Aug-2010Source: Express Buzz
The Indian Air Force has started placing two commandos on its helicopters operating in the Naxal affected areas with instructions to shoot in self-defence.... Read more
13-Aug-2010Source: Aviation News
HAL is coming to the defense of its flagship rotary-wing aircraft, the Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter, following a critical report from India’s Comptroller and Auditor General.... Read more
9-Aug-2010Source: Indian Express
“This incident cannot be ignored as a stray incident of technical snag. Pawan Hans Company should be told in strong words to maintain adequate safety measures,” said Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, adding that the state government might be compelled to call off its arrangement with the helicopter operator... Read more
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