Verticon 2026: Milestone lauds display of landmark Sikorsky S-92news Mike Stones 9 Mar 26 0Milestone Aviation is celebrating the display at Verticon 2026 of the first Sikorsky S‑92 to enter commercial service in September 2004. The helicopter , tail… Read more
HI Uplift: Airbus highlights role of multi-mission helisnews Mike Stones 3 Mar 26 0Airbus Helicopters revealed a big order for multi-mission rotorcraft from Ghana’s Ministry of Defence earlier this year. The contract, the first with the African nation,… Read more
HI Uplift: Leonardo on designing new market opportunitiesnews Mike Stones 5 Dec 25 0Seldom do we mention the space in which our interviews take place. But it’s worth making an exception for the latest conversation with Giacomo Zampetti,… Read more
HI Uplift: Milestone welcomes renewed stability in heli marketsnews Mike Stones 28 Nov 25 0Helicopter markets are enjoying welcome stability after years of turbulence, according to Pat Sheedy, president and CEO of Milestone. During our wide-ranging conversation at European… Read more
Bristow’s supply chain woes ‘won’t stop 27% EBITDA lift’news Mike Stones 7 Nov 25 0Within the first two sentences. That’s the priority Chris Bradshaw chose to give to mentioning supply chain difficulties in his opening remarks on Bristow’s third-quarter… Read more
Equinor awards two new $430m crew transport contractsnews Mike Stones 27 Oct 25 0Oil and gas giant Equinor has awarded two new crew transfer contracts from Bergen to its North Sea production installations. The contract winners are CHC… Read more
HI Uplift: Sikorsky S-92 – no question of commitmentnews Mike Stones 20 Jun 25 0Senior Sikorsky executive Jennifer Martone has favourite questions and those that do not impress. Luckily, it’s halfway through our conversation before I ask her least… Read more
HI Uplift: Milestone learns from past at Helicopter Investor London news Mike Stones 13 Jun 25 0Last Wednesday proved a busy day for Milestone Aviation Group. Not only did the lessor reveal it had signed a five-year lease extension with South… Read more
HI Uplift: GD Helicopter Finance marks first anniversary with €200m portfolionews Mike Stones 25 Apr 25 0A year after its launch, lessor GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) is marking its anniversary having built a €200m ($229m) lease portfolio of 16 aircraft. The… Read more
Bristow and Sikorsky agree support deal for biggest S-92 fleetnews Mike Stones 25 Apr 25 0Helicopter operator Bristow has signed a long-term support deal with Sikorsky covering its 60 S-92 aircraft – the world’s biggest S-92 fleet – operating worldwide.… Read more
Omni Helicopters’ firm wins new Equinor Brazil contractnews Mike Stones 29 Oct 24 0Omni Helicopters’ firm, Omni Táxi Aéreo has won a new contract from energy firm Equinor Brazil to support offshore operations in the Santos Basin. The… Read more
HI Uplift: Milestone upbeat but warns against speculative ordersnews Mike Stones 31 May 24 0Milestone Aviation is upbeat about the prospects for the commercial helicopter industry but warns against over optimism and speculative orders. “The market, across all missions,… Read more
HI Uplift: Welcome to the ‘Replacement Decade’ in offshore helisnews Mike Stones 5 May 24 0The next decade in the offshore helicopter industry will see a focus on replacing the ageing fleet currently in operation, according to the latest forecast… Read more
HI Uplift: ‘Tailwinds and storm clouds’ shape Brazilian offshore marketnews Mike Stones 2 Apr 24 0“Tailwinds, headwinds and storm clouds” are shaping the Brazilian offshore market, according to our conference in São Paulo, Brazil earlier this month. The panel started… Read more
Heli insights on post pandemic world – in three models: LCI Analyticsnews Mike Stones 21 Mar 24 0Offshore flight activity now exceeds pre-Covid levels for most types of helicopters, according to LCI Analytics. Four years on from the global pandemic, manning levels… Read more
HAI reports: As Heli-Expo returns to Anaheim, LCI Analytics picks three lessonsnews Mike Stones 28 Feb 24 0HAI Heli-Expo is back in Anaheim, Califfornia after a gap of four years. Steve Robertson, MD, LCI Analytics thinks it’s a good time to take… Read more
HI Uplift: It ain’t heavy – it’s a super-medium*news Mike Stones 22 Feb 24 0Super-medium helicopters, such as the H175, can look forward to a bright future in oil and gas markets, according to Airbus Helicopters. Plus, the manufacturer’s… Read more
HI Uplift: What hundreds of new North Sea O&G licences may meannews Mike Stones 14 Aug 23 0A new bonanza of oil and gas exploration in the North Sea? Or little impact for a time-limited industry? How are UK government plans to… Read more
Milestone delivers a Sikorsky S-92 to Caverton Helicoptersnews Mike Stones 26 Nov 20 0Helicopter leasing company Milestone Aviation Group recently delivered a Sikorsky S-92 to Caverton Helicopters, based in Lagos, Nigeria. The S-92 will be deployed on facilitating… Read more
Milestone Aviation delivers first S-92 to Caverton Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 25 Nov 20 0Dublin – 24 November 2020 – The Milestone Aviation Group Limited, a GECAS company announces that it has recently delivered a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter to… Read more
