Helicopters – Page 2

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How Atlantsflug shrugs off tourism decrease with rotary-wing

Icelandic airline, which offers sightseeing flights on the south-east of Iceland, has extended its service with its first helicopter. Atlantsflug’s CEO Jón Grétar Sigurðsson said, obtaining a helicopter was a…

Icelandic Coast Guard Airbus H225LP (reg. TF-EIR) // Source: Flugblogg

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What is the hidden upgrade for the Icelandic Coast Guard

The newest helicopters for Icelandic Coast Guard look identically as previous. The main differences are hidden from eyes under shiny metal. Flugblogger has looked inside and found out what Icelandic…

Airbus Helicopter H130 (reg. OE-XCF) will be exclusively available for Circle Air during the summer 2019 // Source: Circle Air

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How Circle Air expands with rotary-wing rounds

North Iceland based charter and Tours Company Circle Air is expanding its service. On the way to its goal, they made an agreement with Austrian- based helicopter lessor Heli-Austria. Flugblogger…

Bell 407 in Reykjavik airport // Source: Helo

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How helicopters tours in Reykjavik were chilled by coldest summer

The summer of 2018 in Reykjavik was officially named the coldest one for the past century. Gloomy weather became another bad factor for Icelandic tourism, together with strengthening krona and…

Rescue man Gísli Valur Arnarson works with hoist of ICG Aérospatiale AS.332 (reg. TF-GNA) // Source: Flugblogg

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Help from above: What Icelandic Coast Guard struggles for

In harsh weather conditions and any time of day or night, they fly via “dark routes” with names of Scandinavian gods on their aircraft to save lives. Their assistance requested…