Leasing services company LCI Aviation has ordered up to six H175 super-medium helicopters from Airbus, valued at over $125m. The deal follows confirmation of a resurgence in super-medium and heavy helicopter activity earlier this...
Investec is providing finance for two AW189 and one AW139 for Lease Corporation International. “These transactions mark a continuation of Investec’s expansion into strategic helicopter financing and a strengthening of the relationship with LCI,”...
LCI has revealed its parent company, the Libra Group, has acquired the remaining minority interest in LCI Helicopters held by global investment firm KKR. Jaspal Jandu, CEO of LCI, said: “We would like to...
LCI and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing (SMFL) are adding 12 helicopters to their joint venture. The 12 helicopters are worth $120m and are added to the existing $230m 19 helicopter joint venture which...
Helicopter lessor LCI Aviation has raised more than $1bn of helicopter capital since 2019, according to the company. The figure relates to financings and refinancings through to June 30th, 2021, and covers a total...
Valuing helicopters can be difficult. With a wide variety of missions, configurations and helicopter types – not to mention big price fluctuations – providing useful and accurate data for investors is harder than ever...
The reality of 2019 thus far is that not many people are buying helicopters, and not many helicopter companies are raising money to grow in a market that requires consolidation. A select few companies...
Lease Corporation International (LCI) has found a niche in the helicopter leasing market, focusing purely on medium-category helicopters – especially the Leonardo AW139s and AW169s – and spreading them far and wide across different...