News – Nordic Rotors

NORD Helikopter orders Maximum Pilot View Kit

By on Jan 17, 2017

The large helicopter operator NORD Helikopter announced today that they have ordered two sets of the newly EASA certified Maximum Pilot View Kit from Swiss Rotor Solutions. The first helicopter wi...

EHC chooses to focus in training only

By on Jan 12, 2017

The Norwegian flight school European Helicopter Center announces that it will cancel its commercial flight operations branch during the spring of 2017. The company has decided to focus solely on its c...

CHC to close Bergen base

By on Jan 12, 2017

In February last year Bristow won a contract worth 1 billion NKR from Statoil for the offshore flights out from Florø and Flesland, pushing away the current operator CHC Helikopter Service. Announ...

Helipad dog walk resulted in police report

By on Jan 10, 2017

The newspaper Sydöstran reports that a man was caught trespassing the helipad at Karlskrona Hospital, “Blekingesjukhuset” on Christmas Eve. The man was reportedly walking his dog within the closed-off...

Final report after alcohol accident in Norway

By on Dec 20, 2016

The Norwegian Accident Investigation Board (AIBN) has published its final report following an accident that occurred in Reisadalen, Troms County, in the north of Norway on 15 August 2015. The helic...

Statoil cancels letter of intent with subcontractor

By on Dec 16, 2016

The Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil has chosen to cancel a letter of intent for a backup SAR helicopter with one of its subcontractors due to suspected corruption. Following information recei...

Pilot to prison after alleged drunk flying

By on Dec 08, 2016

A Swedish helicopter pilot has been sentenced to prison by the Hålogaland Court of Appeals following an accident that occurred in the north of Norway on 15 August last year. The Norwegian news channel...

South Pacific aircrew opts for Swedish flight suit design

By on Dec 07, 2016

“New Caledonia is a really exciting workplace, and I’ve done a few”, says Franklin Eck. “Our base is on a scarcely populated island 70 km wide and 410 km long, studded with green peaks and surrounded...

Swedish police helicopter back from Greece

By on Dec 01, 2016

The Swedish National Police has resumed to full strength after its seventh Bell 429 has returned from a two-month deployment in Greece. One helicopter and more than 20 people from the Swedish Police h...

Scandinavian MediCopter becomes Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance

By on Nov 30, 2016

Starting today, Babcock International – the owner of Scandinavian AirAmbulance and Scandinavian MediCopter – is renaming its Scandinavian subsidiaries as part of a global branding synchronization. Sca...