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The Kentucky-based company has completed FAA flight testing toward approval of its internal aerial fire suppression system tank for the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk.

The FAA has started accepting responses from owners and operators of multiple aircraft for its 2024 General Aviation (GA) and Part 135 Activity Survey. The survey measures safety, determines funding, and informs the impact of aviation on the US economy.

The OEM has published a feature about the German helicopter air ambulance operator, which recently took delivery of its 40th H145.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 05–Time Limits/Maintenance Checks–Airworthiness Limitations Section–Amendment, becomes effective Apr. 24, 2025. It supersedes AD 2022-0083, issued May 11, 2022.

A new Airbus H135 will replace an existing EC130 in December 2025 at the HealthNet Aeromedical Services/Air Methods base in Huntington.

Austrian air carrier Kitz-Air GmbH signed the agreement for the aircraft, which will be used for aerial work, transport flights, and forestry operations.

The FAA is seeking comments on this airworthiness directive (AD) by May 27, 2025. It will supersede AD 2024-26-01, issued Jan. 2, 2025, which requires measuring the axial play of the rotating scissors spherical bearings. The new AD revises the initial compliance time, extends the definition of an affected part to all serial-numbered rotating scissors spherical bearings, extends the reporting requirements, and requires repetitive inspections. The updated AD takes effect Apr. 25, 2025.