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Bond Aviation seeks investors to expand its fleet of helicopters

Bond Aviation has hired advisers of NM Rothschild to look at the strategic options for sources of business, said.

Family business is supposed to be interested in selling and 30pc 60pc an investor outside - mainly to raise capital to expand its fleet of helicopters.

Currently, the company operates little less 40 helicopters but wants to place an order for 200 m € (£ 170 m) for between 10 and 15 aircraft.

Several companies of redemption was guessed in a market which is likely to highlight the company approximately 300 m £.

More provide air ambulances of the United Kingdom from his Bond Air Services unit, the Group also has a division in the offshore areas that performs a significant amount of work for the oil and gas industry.

The Group was founded in the 1960s by the late David Pact, a single-engine helicopter series Hiller and fixed wing aircraft Piper Pawnee.It has rapidly expanded and modernized its fleet of helicopters when 1994, bond acquired Aviation Lloyd Helicopters, which helped to enter the Australia and .However southeastern Asia, two years later the company merges with SA the Norway forming HSG, the world largest helicopter group operation.

Stephen and Peter Bond then purchased by HSG.Une bond air services branch new division, Offshore Bond, then provided helicopter companies searching for oil and gas in the offshore of the Colombia - British .this year, the Group started its operations in Ireland and also began working for an offshore wind park.


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Qantas Chief hope rooted A380 fleet flying "days."

Damage to engine which exploded in the Qantas A380 aircraft.

The airline grounded in its six A380 aircraft after a power outage on Thursday for a flight aircraft engine Australia, which forced it to make an emergency landing at Singapore.


However, Alan Joyce, Chief Executive of Qantas, said he was optimistic that the engines on most large passenger plane planet would send urgent checks.


During an event in Sydney to mark the anniversary of the foundation of Qantas in 1920, Mr. Joyce said: "we are confident that in the days, we will have our fleet A380 flies again.


The failure of engine during the week marked the largest incident so far largest passenger aircraft in the world, which is in service since 2007 .the ' incident has also forced other airlines to check their order to.


In a second incident Friday, a Boeing 747 flying in Australia was forced to turn Singapour.M.Joyce said on this plane engine produces "smoke and Sparks" but he called a "engine failure contained" and said he has no plan for founding the company 747 fleet. "We are not concerned by our 747, fleet", said Mr. Joyce.


Incidents, however, cast a shadow on Qantas, anniversary celebration on Saturday, a visit by Hollywood actor John Travolta, who is a pilot and an aviation enthusiast.


Travolta put to test his own vintage old Qantas delivered for cameras to express his personal support for the company aƩrienne.M 707.Travolta said: "the Qantas brand around the world is very strong."


Although on Thursday and Friday Rolls-Royce engines, Qantas spokesperson said they were of different types and separate incidents. "They are different aircraft, and various moteurs.Ils are very different incidents, ", said the spokesperson.


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