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The ORRA program offers VAI member operators a flexible, evolving, and organized approach to managing risks and improving processes across their flight operations.

The Milford Fire Department and Emergency Squad has selected the Air Methods Ascend online EMS Review program for first-responder training.

The Air Methods operator’s Nevada bases in Henderson, Mesquite, and Pahrump have obtained the first-responder designation.

The US military branch has chosen the Lockheed Martin company to demonstrate its optionally piloted UH-60 Black Hawk for the Aerial Logistics Connector program during 2025.

The advanced air mobility (AAM) manufacturer and the fixed-base operator will partner to research electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft ecosystem requirements and ground support services.

This European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) airworthiness directive (AD), ATA 72–Engine–Gas Generator First Stage High Pressure Turbine Blades–Replacement, takes effect Dec. 18, 2024. It revises AD 2024-0207, which was issued Oct. 31, 2024.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Norway, Avinor, Beta Technologies, and Bristow Group’s Norwegian subsidiary will work together to build a concept of operations for cargo transport using advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft.

What if helicopter operators could gain similar insights from accident investigations without the tragedy? The US Helicopter Safety Team (USHST) fall 2024 newsletter explains the promise of a “premortem” exercise—a proactive approach to safety that’s already proving valuable for operators like STAT MedEvac.

Airbus Helicopters has published a feature about how UH-72 Lakota crews with the North Carolina National Guard (NCNG) sprang into action after Hurricane Helene flooded the region in late September.

Joby Aviation will collaborate with Jetex of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), to provide passenger transport using electric aircraft and a network of vertiports across the region.