LCI has agreed to acquire Nova Capital Aviation Ireland which owns Nova Capital’s twin-engine helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Nova Capital will keep its single-engine helicopter leasing portfolio. The acquisition means that LCI’s portfolio grows...
Resilience is the quality which has led aircraft lessor Nova Capital to achieve a $500m aircraft portfolio over 20 years in business, CEO Olivier Piot tells Helicopter Investor. With this milestone, he also announced that...
Aircraft lessor Nova Capital announced its 100th owned and managed aircraft bringing its total fleet value to $500m. This came following the award of a sale and leaseback facility for six new Airbus H145D3s...
Blade India will take delivery of five new Airbus H125 helicopters to expand its on-demand helicopter services. The helicopters will be leased to operators by a GIFT-City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City)-based leasing company. Amit...
“This isn’t the time to be dancing on the head of theoretical pins, it’s a time to consolidate, to balance power between the oil majors and the helicopter operators,” Clark McGinn tells Helicopter Investor. He...
The Bell 525 Relentless completed its first flight using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) this summer. Bell first incorporated SAF in its training and demonstration fleet in March 2021. Doug May, vice president of Flight,...
Bell Textron has revealed purchase agreements for five helicopters with corporate clients in Ukraine plus the first sale of a Bell 505 NXi in Slovakia. The Ukrainian order, revealed at the European Rotors event...
Belgian operator NHV has announced a new CEO, Thomas Hütsch, who has been promoted from chief operating officer at the same company. Outgoing CEO Steffen Bay has resigned to move to a new position...
An ACH145 helicopter with “a fully vegan interior” has been delivered to a customer in Germany, Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) has revealed. The model – featuring an interior free of animal products – was...
We live in a world where helicopters can fly using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). People are now taking notice. Within the next nine years, nobody will think twice. At least this is the...
Earlier this week, an Airbus H225 in Marignane performed the first ever helicopter flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) powering one of its Safran Makila 2 engines. Stefan Thome, executive vice president, Engineering...