Pioneering CEO of Arne Stang Peter Midthun could immediately visualise synergies that the Airlift subsidiaries can offer to the portfolio of businesses already owned by Arne Stang. The new group will employ 185 staff.

Vector Aerospace's Fleetlands MRO facility in Gosport, Hampshire, has completed a full paint and refinish job on the Airlift Super Puma helicopter that provided assistance to the Hoegh Osaka, the car transporter ship that was deliberately run aground in January after it began to list in the Solent near Southampton.

The imagination and ingenuity of owners and operators constantly adds new business scope to the already diverse roles of rotary aircraft in general and twin engine helicopters in particular. The type range of 'twins' used by operators is impressive, with the S-76, Super Puma and EC135 just three of dozens of varieties built by Western manufacturers.