During the recently held Aviation Africa 2025 summit in Kigali, Rwanda, African Pilot Magazine Editor Phillippa Dean sat down with Tim Evans, Managing Director for Africa and the Middle East at Bell, to discuss the company’s product range and activities across the region and the evolving helicopter market.
Tim shares insights into Bell’s broad product portfolio, including the Bell 505, 407, 412, 429 and how these models serve operators across training, utility, parapublic and general aviation sectors. He highlights a recent success in Tunisia for twelve Bell 412s in a utility configuration, and notes continued growth across both Africa and the Middle East.
The conversation also covers product performance improvements, Bell’s customer support network and training, and a quick update on the Bell 525programme. We also touch on how integrated systems are enhancing safety, predictive maintenance and pilot awareness.
