After almost a year of slow business in the helicopter leasing space, 2018 closed with the largest independent helicopter lessor Waypoint Leasing being acquired by investment bank Macquarie and merged with its leasing arm....
When Waypoint Leasing launched in 2014 it appeared to have all the ingredients that a business needs to succeed. There was an experienced management team combining operators, brokers and experienced commercial aircraft lessors –...
Bloomberg is reporting that GE shares fell 4% over concerns about Milestone Aviation, following Waypoint Leasing’s filing for Chapter 11. GE Capital Aviation Services acquired Milestone Aviation, the largest helicopter leasing company and Waypoint...
Dublin, Ireland, May 31, 2018 – Milestone Aviation Group Limited, a GE Capital Aviation Services company and the global leader in helicopter leasing, announced today that it has completed the purchase and lease back...
The big players in the helicopter market have remained unchanged since our last update in 2015. Milestone remains at the top of the ranking, with a fleet value now surpassing $4 billion. Helicopter Investor...
Leasing company Milestone has delivered a new Airbus H225 to Bond Offshore Helicopters, who will put it to work on the North Sea. The helicopter was one of 16 that Milestone contracted for in...
Simon Sparkes of Nova Systems has written a provocative piece titled “Offshore Helicopter Leasing – an Existential Risk?” on HeliHub. He arguing that leasing companies will struggle to cope with low oil prices. It is definitely worth...
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Less than five years after the launch of Milestone Aviation Group it is astonishing how fast the market for dedicated helicopter operating lessors has grown.We are asked a lot to provide a ranking for...
JZ Capital Partners, a London listed private equity fund, has said that it is expecting to make $40 million from the $15.1 million that it invested in Milestone Aviation when the sale of the...
The New York Bankruptcy Court has ruled in favour of helicopter lessor LCI Helicopters […]
Volocopter has closed a EUR 50 million financing round led by Chinese automotive conglomerate […]
AE Industrial Partners has completed its acquisition of heavy-lift helicopter operator Columbia Helicopters. The […]
Russian Helicopters has announced several orders for its commercial models: the VRT500, Mi-8AMT and […]
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Bristow Group has announced a cash tender offer to purchase $75 million of its […]
The reality of 2019 thus far is that not many people are buying helicopters, […]
Sikorsky is suing Babcock International for failing to take delivery of two S-92 helicopters […]
From July 22-28 this year, legacy and experimental aviation companies were strutting their stuff, […]
Buoyed in part by helicopter sales, Leonardo has seen a 34% increase in new […]