12-Sep-2024Source: SPAES
In a recent project, SPAES completed a certification of an additional handle for a life raft in an Airbus H155 Helicopters for its customer Northern HeliCopter. This improvement involves the addition of an extra handle for the deployment of life rafts, which are an essential safety feature designed to protect crew and passengers in the... Read more
7-Jun-2022Source: DRF Luftrettung
Northern Helicopter GmbH will fly in the Arctic and Antarctic in the future. From June 2022, the shipping company F.Laeisz GmbH, Rostock, will entrust the Emden offshore aviation company with the operation of the helicopters for the research vessel “Polarstern” chartered to the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). . For... Read more
18-Feb-2021Source: Northern Helicopter GmbH
Northern Helicopter GmbH will continue to be responsible for offshore rescue in the offshore wind farms Albatros and Hohe See in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the North Sea. The follow-up contract with EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG started on February 1, 2021 and covers a term of four years with the option of... Read more
23-Nov-2020Source: NHC Northern Helicopter GmbH
Since November 1, 2020, NHC Northern Helicopter GmbH has once again been responsible for the offshore rescue for the RWE Amrumbank West wind farm in the German Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the North Sea. After a four years intermission, the Amrumbank wind farm with its 80 offshore wind turbines is again one of the... Read more
9-Apr-2020Source: offshoreWIND.biz
Northern HeliCopter GmbH has won a contract to provide rescue services for the Riffgat and Alpha Ventus offshore wind farms in Germany. See Full Story.... Read more
15-Apr-2019
[electronic translation] The Northern HeliCopter GmbH (NHC), Emden, has a new strong partner at their side: The DRF Foundation Luftrettung gemeinnützige AG (DRF Luftrettung) has taken retroactive to January 1, 2019, the shares of the air rescue company to 100 percent. The independence of the NHC and its service portfolio for the people in the region... Read more
9-Nov-2017Source: HeliHub.com
German operator Northern HeliCopter has won a six year contract in support of the Wikinger offshore wind farm. The installation is 75km off the Island of Rügen, and will consist of 70 Adwen 5MW turbines and one offshore substation with a helideck. Spanish owned engergy company Iberdrola is investing €1.4 billion to construct Wikinger, the company’s first... Read more
17-Jan-2017Source: HeliHub.com
Northern HeliCopter (NHC) has entered into a contract with GeoSea to provide medical services to the Merkur offshore wind farm in the German Bight during their commissioning and installation phase. They will provide offshore paramedics for the installation vessels as well as providing telemedicine services. The wind farm is hoped to be done by 2018... Read more
9-May-2016Source: HeliHub.com
Babcock MCS has won a new contract to fly windfarm workers from Emden in Germany – via its Northern HeliCopter (NHC) subsidiary which it acquired as part of its recent purchase of Heli Aviation. The contract with Global Tech I Offshore Wind GmbH and Windea Offshore GmbH calls for weekly flights every Friday to support... Read more
2-Mar-2015Source: HeliHub.com
Swedish operator Northern Helicopters has the two highest hour G2 Cabri helicopters in the world, and nearly 8,500 hours experience flying the type. However, they have decided to sell the two examples that they have, and are in the process of acquiring three Robinson R44 Raven IIs to replace them. Northern cite “increasing costs and... Read more
4-Mar-2014Source: Northern Helicopters
We announce that we are introducing the EC135 type rating courses. Training is offered in both full flight simulator and aircraft training on customers aircraft. With a great flexibility we are adjusting each training course to fit the mission to be flown by the operator. Courses are estimated to be available for all customers in April... Read more
8-Oct-2013Source: Northern Helicopters
Northern Helicopters has been awarded with the training contract for the Finnish Border Patrol, the Finnish military. The air squadron pilots will join the CPL integrated program which starts on the Guimbal Cabri, and includes advanced training on the EC120. ... Read more
7-Oct-2013Source: Nordic Rotors
The flight school Northern Helicopters has just announced that it will open a training facility at Gothenburg City Airport (“Säve) in September. In addition to the new base, the company will expand its business by adding a twin-engined Eurocopter AS 355 N to the fleet. The new aircraft will be used for the company’s upcoming... Read more
3-Sep-2013Source: Nordic Rotors
The flight school Northern Helicopters has just announced that it will open a training facility at Gothenburg City Airport (“Säve) in September. In addition to the new base, the company will expand its business by adding a twin-engined Eurocopter AS 355 N to the fleet. The new aircraft will be used for the company’s upcoming training segment... Read more
29-Aug-2013Source: HeliHub.com
In a brief update on their website, the Swedish operator Northern Helicopters says “Visit us at the largest exhibition for the helicopter industry in London now in September. We will display one of our Cabri G2.” This is in addition to the British operator Helicentre Aviation who will also have one of their two Guimbal... Read more
17-Jun-2013Source: Northern Helicopters
We have now reached 2200 flight hours on one of our Cabri G2 which is one of the first in the world to reach that number. The pilots Sebastian Erdos and Johanna Berndtsson flew from Jonkoping Sweden to the factory Guimbal at Le Mille Airport in south France. The aircraft will also have a cargo... Read more
30-May-2013Source: HeliHub.com
Swedish operator Northern Helicopters announced yesterday that they have placed an order with Guimbal for a hook to be installed on one of their two Cabri helicopters. It will be used for training during their integrated CPL course, and thus give all of their trainee pilots basic sling load experience. New Zealand operator Frontier Helicopters... Read more
23-Apr-2013Source: HeliHub.com
Swedish operator has completed 2000 hours on its Cabri SE-HJR (serial 1011) in just 32 months – an average of 62.5 hours per month. In conjunction with this achievement, Guimbal have now significant extended the warranty they offer on new aircraft from “500 hours or two years” to “1,000 hours or three years”, with the... Read more
6-Feb-2012
Precautionary landing due to engine vibration... Read more
