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Weststar rescues 18 Malaysians stranded in Maldives

News16 February 2023124Views 0Likes 0Comments

MALAYSIANS stranded in Maldives due to the global cross-border travel restrictions amid the Covid-19 pandemic have been repatriated and have safely arrived yesterday morning. The group was brought home by Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd via its rescue flight. The air transport service provider said the flight carrying 18 Malaysians from Male, Maldives, arrived at the…

Weststar Deploys Two Aircraft to Facilitate Flood Relief Missions in East Coast Flood Stricken Areas

News15 February 202397Views 0Likes 0Comments

Following escalating flood crisis in the East Coast, Weststar Group of Companies, a local corporate conglomerate earlier today flew 6 tonnes of food supply to sparse flood stricken areas in Kelantan.The undertaking, which utilized the Group’s subsidiary, Weststar General Aviation’s Eurocopter Squirrel helicopter with 9M-AZA registration flew the food supply to affected areas since yesterday.…

Hishammuddin: MDES has received over 350,000 facemasks, RM250,000 in cash contributions

News15 February 202393Views 0Likes 0Comments

Wisma Putra through Malaysia’s Diplomatic Equipment Stockpile (MDES) has received over 355,500 facemasks and financial contribution of RM250,000 so far, says Foreign Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. He said the assistance was provided by various parties to help the ministry’s frontliners in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. “Apart from medical equipment and cash, many parties…

Weststar Aviation buys stake from KKR

News15 February 202377Views 0Likes 0Comments

Private equity firm KKR has sold its remaining 21% stake in Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd to the Weststar Group, thus exiting the offshore helicopter transport service company. The transacted price was not disclosed, but sources said KKR sold its entire 40% stake in the company for about RM1.25bil after having acquired it for about…

Initiatives to Help Indians

News15 February 202370Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (Mitra) has initiated several subsidy programmes, with focus on education, career development and social well-being for the Indian community. Its chairman Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan said 10,000 undergraduates would receive a one-off education aid of RM2,000. “This subsidy will be disbursed in phases from August,” he said, adding that it was…

Helikopter Weststar Guna Bahan Api Penerbangan Mampan

News13 February 202390Views 0Likes 0Comments

Weststar Aviation Services (Weststar) mengambil langkah signifikan ke arah masa hadapan penerbangan yang lebih lestari menerusi kerjasama dengan Petronas Dagangan Bhd (PDB) untuk menggalakkan penggunaan bahan api penerbangan mampan (SAF) untuk operasi helikopter luar pesisir yang dikendalikannya di seluruh Malaysia. Kerjasama bersejarah itu diperkenalkan semasa Pameran Penerbangan Selangor 2023, diadakan di SkyPark RAC Selangor pada…

Weststar, H&C Jalin Kerjasama Perluas Jangkauan Global

News13 February 202378Views 0Likes 0Comments

Weststar Aviation Services Sdn Bhd (WASSB) memeterai perkongsian strategik baharu dengan Helicopter & Cooperation SAS (H&C) untuk meluaskan jangkauan global syarikat gabungan Eropahnya, Weststar NDD Srl (WNDD). Di bawah syarat perjanjian itu, H&C akan memegang kepentingan penguasaan ekuiti manakala Weststar Aviation akan terus bertindak sebagai rakan kongsi dalam pembangunan WNDD tanpa sebarang perubahan pada pengurusan…

Remaja Hidap Kanser Otak Tahap 3 Naik Helikopter Jumpa Nenek, Datuk

News13 February 202387Views 0Likes 1Comment

Hasrat seorang remaja mengidap kanser otak tahap tiga di Langkawi untuk berjumpa nenek dan datuknya di Pokok Sena, seterusnya menyambut Aidilfitri bersama mereka akhirnya tercapai apabila dia diterbangkan menggunakan helikopter ihsan Pengarah Urusan Kumpulan The Weststar Group, Tan Sri Dr Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, hari ini. Noraifa Azira Abdul Aziz,14, diterbangkan dari Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK)…

Weststar Beli Lima Helikopter Baharu RM230 juta

News13 February 202378Views 0Likes 1Comment

LANGKAWI: Weststar Aviation Services memeterai kontrak bernilai 50 juta euro (RM230 juta) bersama Leonardo bagi membeli lima helikopter baharu. Pengarah Urusan Kumpulan The Weststar Group, Tan Sri Dr Syed Azman Syed Ibrahim, berkata pembelian itu membabitkan tiga unit helikopter generasi baharu AW169 dan dua unit AW139. Katanya, semua helikopter itu akan digunakan bagi operasi luar…