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Bristow Helicopters

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Type: Company

Name: Bristow Helicopters

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 55 mins ago - 1 reports

Yorkshire chopper had to fly to Wales to rescue Polish seamen

AN RAF rescue helicopter was forced to make an "extremely hazardous" flight in snowstorms from Yorkshire to Wales because four Welsh aircraft were all out of action, an accident report revealed today. "Technical problems" with four search-and-rescue helicopters ... [Published Yorkshire Post - 10 hours ago]

Entities: RAF Valley, Wales, Helicopter, RAF Leconfield

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Sabah Air

Perthshire partnership agreement to support Asian aviation industry

A PARTNERSHIP agreement which will deliver aviation maintenance courses to Malaysians has been set up to address the current lack of industry opportunities in Asia.The Memorandum of Understanding between Air Service Training (AST), a wholly owned subsidiary ... [Published Allmediascotland - May 15 2013]

Entities: Aviation, Partnership Agreement, Malaysia, Sabah Air

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Statement to Parliament: Search and rescue helicopters

the Department for Transport started a competition to procure search and rescue helicopter services to replace the joint capability provided by the Royal Air Force ( RAF ), Royal Navy ( RN ), and Maritime and Coastguard Agency ( MCA ). The procurement ... [Published Department for Transport - May 14 2013]

Entities: Helicopter, SEARCH AND RESCUE, United Kingdom, Bristow Helicopters

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Search and Rescue exhibition at airport

RESIDENTS interested in the proposed development of a new Search And Rescue (SAR) helicopter base at Humberside Airport are being invited to find out more about the plans at a drop-in community exhibition.Bristow Helicopters Ltd plans to develop the new ... [Published Scunthorpe Telegraph - May 12 2013]

Entities: SEARCH AND RESCUE, Bristow Helicopters, Helicopter, Small And Medium Sized Enterprises

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Sikorsky S-92

New rescue helicopters arrive at Sumburgh

Leave A Comment Email to FriendThree state of the art helicopters arrived at Sumburgh airport today in preparation for Bristow Helicopters taking over the search and rescue contract.Bristow will take over the responsibility for Northern Scotland in ... [Published Shetland Times - May 11 2013]

Entities: Helicopter, Sikorsky S-92, Scotland

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Fury over ‘utterly flawed’ £1.6bn helicopter contract

The government’s decision to sign a £1.6 billion ten year contract with American company Bristow Helicopters has sealed the fate of Portland’s rescue helicopter base.South Dorset MP Richard Drax, who has led a campaign to save the Portland helicopter ... [Published Seeker News - May 08 2013]

Entities: Helicopter, Bristow Helicopters, privatise, Ignorance

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Bristow Helicopters

Plans on show for privatised rescue service

PEOPLE can find out more about the historic switch to a privatised search-and-rescue service next week. The drop-in event will be held at Humberside Airport, which will be the base for Bristow Helicopters’ Sikorsky S-92s, next Wednesday, from noon until ... [Published Yorkshire Post - May 08 2013]

Entities: privatise, RAF Leconfield, Sikorsky S-92, Bristow Helicopters

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Aberdeen helicopter firm needs more staff for search and rescue service

Bristow set to expand workforcePublished: 25/04/2013Bookmark with:AN ABERDEEN helicopter company is to take on new recruits after landing a contract for search and rescue services.Bristow, in Aberdeen, was awarded the deal for northern Scotland by the ... [Published Evening Express - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Bristow Helicopters, Helicopter, Scotland

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 2 reports

Body of hill walker in his 20s found by ramblers 2,500ft up Mount Snowdon, England and Wales' highest peak

Body of hill walker in his 20s found by ramblers 2,500ft up Mount SnowdonMan fell to his death close to rock climbing route on ridge of the mountainBy Sara Smyth A man was found dead on 3,560 ft Mount Snowdon after a fall.The man in his 20s was found ... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Wales, RAF Valley, Rock Climbing, England

First reported Mar 29 2013 - Updated Mar 29 2013 - 1 reports

Sea King rescue helicopter fleet will be nearly halved and replaced by American models

The number of search-and-rescue helicopters is expected to be cut from 40 to 22 after the service is privatised, it emerged today. The Ministry of Defence’s ageing fleet of 40 Sea King helicopters will be retired and replaced with fewer but faster models ... [Published The Independent - Mar 29 2013]

Entities: Helicopter, Bristow Helicopters, Sikorsky Aircraft

First reported Mar 26 2013 - Updated Mar 26 2013 - 7 reports

UK search and rescue sell-off hits turbulence

Minister says Bristow will deliver first-class service but critics air doubts about US company's takeover from RAF and navyThe transfer of the UK's search and rescue service from the military to a Texas-based helicopter company has been criticised by ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 26 2013]

Entities: Bristow Group Inc, Bristow Helicopters, Helicopter, United Kingdom

First reported Mar 26 2013 - Updated Mar 26 2013 - 2 reports

Scottish News: US firm to run search helicopters

The contract to run the UK's search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopter service has gone to the US-headquartered Bristow Helicopters, the Government announced. ... [Published Wishaw Press - Mar 26 2013]

Entities: Helicopter, Bristow Helicopters

Quotes

• "It is concerning that there may be other harbours like Raynes Jetty around the UK coast whose operators consider themselves outside the normal scope of port operations"

Yorkshire chopper had to fly to Wales to rescue Polish seamen [Published Yorkshire Post - 10 hours ago]

"The addition of five further B717 aircraft to the fleet is a significant expansion of Cobham's commercial operations in Australia and strengthens a 22 year relationship with Qantas. We are the largest contract aviation company in Australia and this extension will create opportunities for 200 more staff, which is a credit to our very professional and dedicated team."

#489 - Cobham Awarded AUD $150 Million QantasLink Scope Extension [Published Noodls - May 16 2013]

"One of our guys died on a climb in the Cairns and I was involved in the climb to get him off the hill and speak to his parents and deal with the funeral. It was a very difficult and shocking time for me and it really brought home the dangers of hills."

Dogs and choppers: All in a day's work for the mountain rescue team [Published Stv.tv - Apr 23 2013]

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Out-of-action Anglesey RAF helicopters delayed ... [Published Wales Online - 55 mins ago]
Yorkshire chopper had to fly to Wales to rescue... [Published Yorkshire Post - 10 hours ago]
#489 - Cobham Awarded AUD $150 Million QantasLi... [Published Noodls - May 16 2013]
Perthshire partnership agreement to support Asi... [Published Allmediascotland - May 15 2013]
Statement to Parliament: Search and rescue heli... [Published Department for Transport - May 14 2013]
Search and Rescue exhibition at airport [Published Scunthorpe Telegraph - May 12 2013]
New rescue helicopters arrive at Sumburgh [Published Shetland Times - May 11 2013]
Fury over ‘utterly flawed’ £1.6bn helicopter co... [Published Seeker News - May 08 2013]
Plans on show for privatised rescue service [Published Yorkshire Post - May 08 2013]
Aberdeen helicopter firm needs more staff for s... [Published Evening Express - Apr 25 2013]
Dogs and choppers: All in a day's work for the ... [Published Stv.tv - Apr 23 2013]
Body of hill walker in his 20s found by rambler... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 21 2013]
Mount Snowdon death: man falls on England and W... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 21 2013]
“Nigeria Needs Skilled Manpower to Develop Avia... [Published This Day Online - Apr 19 2013]
Fast-growing Eurocopter Has Deep Roots In China [Published Aviation International News - Apr 17 2013]
Bristow preparing for smooth transition to its ... [Published Equities.com - Apr 15 2013]
North Wales News: RAF helicopter flagged down b... [Published North Wales Daily Post - Apr 15 2013]
Bristow Group's CEO Hosts Analyst Day Conferenc... [Published Transcripts from Seeking Alpha - Apr 10 2013]
Not working in Scotland’s best interests [Published Tayside and Fife Courier - Mar 30 2013]
Sea King rescue helicopter fleet will be nearly... [Published The Independent - Mar 29 2013]
Boeing Gains From Rising Orders and 4 Stocks At... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Mar 27 2013]
AgustaWestland AW189 Helicopter selected for UK... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Mar 27 2013]
AgustaWestland AW189 Helicopter selected for UK... [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - Mar 27 2013]
UK search and rescue sell-off hits turbulence [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 26 2013]
US company to run UK search and rescue helicopters [Published seattlepi.com - Mar 26 2013]
Bristow take over UK search and rescue [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Mar 26 2013]
Scottish News: US firm to run rescue helicopters [Published West Lothian Courier - Mar 26 2013]
Scottish News: US firm to run rescue helicopters [Published Perthshire Advertiser - Mar 26 2013]
Britain's search-and-rescue helicopter service ... [Published The Independent - Mar 26 2013]
Scottish News: US firm to run search helicopters [Published Wishaw Press - Mar 26 2013]

Blogs

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Boeing Gains From Rising Orders and 4 Stocks At... [Published Wall St. Cheat Sheet - Mar 27 2013] The Boeing Company ( NYSE:BA ): Closing price $86.62 Boeing and a number of other aviation stocks moved up after the government said that orders for commercial aircraft jumped in February. Orders for commercial aircraft were up 95.3 percent in February ...
AgustaWestland AW189 Helicopter selected for UK... [Published Naval Open Source INTelligence - Mar 27 2013] AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that its AW189 Search & Rescue (SAR) helicopter will play a pivotal role in the provision of SAR services in the UK. Bristow Helicopters Ltd., which has been awarded the contract by the ...
Bristow take over UK search and rescue [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - Mar 26 2013] Published on March 26, 2013 by jo.chuter ·No Comments A private company, Bristow Group, will take over the UK’s helicopter search and rescue operations on a 10-year contract, the Department for Transport has announced. Bristow Group to take over ...

Press Releases

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Bristow Group Announces Major New Search And Re... [Published Financial Services - Mar 26 2013]