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The General Civil Aviation Agency of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved the design for the planned transformation of the Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal helipad into a hybrid heliport for both helicopter and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft operations.

(Vertical HeliCASTS) – At VERTICON 2025 in March, The Helicopter Podcast team explored how drones and helicopters collaborate on missions, featuring Ascent’s new Helius small unmanned aerial vehicle and insights on aerial collaboration.

Avtrain and ANRA Technologies UK have announced a strategic partnership to launch the SORA-Mate platform, an automated Specific Operations Risk Assessment (SORA) risk assessment tool for the United Kingdom (UK) drone market.

When power is lost to the main-rotor system, the very first thing a pilot must do is apply aft, or back, cyclic. This is the lesson legendary rotorcraft flight instructor Pete Gillies shares in his “Cyclic Back” lecture, given industrywide–and via a 13-min. video presentation in this webinar. His advice comes from years of examining […]

In this video, I’ll walk you through some highlights of our recent accomplishments on your behalf, including how VAI was able to mobilize our members to send 96,000 emails to keep open an important heliport in New York City. Or how VAI stopped a Hawaii bill that would have required that state’s air tour operators […]

The New York City (NYC) Council will soon vote on Int. 0026-A, which will restrict nonessential helicopter operations at city heliports to fully electric-powered helicopters. VAI and our industry partners—the Eastern Regional Helicopter Council, National Business Aviation Association, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, and National Air Transportation Association—continue to express opposition to ill-informed and shortsighted legislation like Int. 0026-A.

Aviation insurance provider USAIG has promoted Robert Kehoe to senior VP and hull loss claims division manager and John Watson to field claims office manager.

Airbus H225 operator provides helicopter support for a wide range of applications, including astronaut recovery. Interested in having your company featured in VAI Daily? Read this story to find out how VAI members can sign up to appear in VAI Member Spotlight!

The company is highlighting its Veryon Tracking software at Booth #314 during the 2025 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Maintenance Conference, which takes place Apr. 29–May 1 in Columbus, Ohio.