Helicopter manufacturers delivered 122 aircraft during the first three months of 2020, down 28% from 170 during the same time a year ago, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA).
The commercial helicopter industry was locked in a downturn even before the COVID-19 crisis. Deliveries fell again in 2019 to a low of 640 turbine helicopters from the high of 1,111 in 2013. Deliveries of piston helicopters, which had been boosted by demand for training, also declined in 2019.
Embraer, still shaking off its failed commercial tie-up with Boeing, plans to complete a strategic review by September and is talking to several potential partners that could play a role in the Brazilian airframer's future, the company’s top executive said.
Desert Jet Holdings co-owner James McCool has acquired sole ownership of Desert Jet’s aircraft management, charter, maintenance and fixed base operations, from founder and co-owner Denise Wilson.
Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics in Wichita has been named an authorized service center for BendixKing’s AeroCruze autopilots, including the AeroCruze 100/230 and XCruze 100/110.
Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus in Salina, Kansas, is offering teenagers an online unmanned aircraft systems program called the UAS Virtual Academy.
A team of employees at Million Air Westchester in New York has partnered with the White Plains Youth Bureau to help assemble food donation bags for those in need due to the COVID-19 crisis.
London-based Harrods Aviation has restarted operations at its Luton and Stansted FBOs as well as at its Air Harrods helicopter management and charter service.
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