Milestone sells three Airbus H225 helicopters to Kitz-Airnews Mike Stones 24 Aug 26 0Milestone Aviation Group has sold three Airbus H225 helicopters to Austria-based operator Kitz-Air for deployment on fire-fighting missions. Delivered to the operator last month, the… Read more
HI Uplift: Pre-owned single-engine heli supply ‘constrained’ – Aero Assetnews Mike Stones 21 Aug 26 0Tightening supply and strong liquidity characterise the market for pre-owned single engine helicopters in the first half of this year. Aero Asset’s latest trends report… Read more
HI Uplift: Bell Textron goes 700 up with the Bell 505news Mike Stones 17 Aug 26 0Beyoncé headlined the Super Bowl half-time show and movie goers thrilled to Disney’s blockbuster Frozen. In the rotary world, Bell Textron chose the Paris Air… Read more
HI Uplift: GDHF’s NHV bid blocked and Bristow’s Q2news Mike Stones 7 Aug 26 0GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) has ditched plans to buy NHV Group – the rotary operator, maintenance and training business – following the Belgian government’s decision to… Read more
GDHF ditches bid to buy NHV after regulator rulingnews Mike Stones 7 Aug 26 0GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) has abandoned plans to buy NHV Group – the rotary operator, maintenance and training business – following the Belgian government’s decision to… Read more
Airbus Helicopters posts solid H1 as orders and backlog buildnews Fayaz Hussain 30 Jul 26 0Airbus Helicopters delivered a steady first half of 2026, growing deliveries and order intake while managing a modest dip in profitability driven by higher research… Read more
Rotortrade: ‘Everybody wants more choppers’ as market shiftsnews Mike Stones 21 Jul 26 0“Everybody wants more choppers,” says Philippe Lubrano, CEO, Rotortrade. “I don’t see any slowdown in this industry for the next three to five years.” Speaking… Read more
HI Uplift: Bristow predicts megatrends to spark new govt contractsnews Mike Stones 20 Jul 26 0Bristow Group forecasts increased defence expenditure – one of the three megatrends it says are shaping the helicopter industry – will lead to more government… Read more
Helicopter singles market shows tightening supply & strong liquidity: Aero Assetnews Mike Stones 15 Jul 26 0The market for single-engine helicopters shows tightening supply and strong liquidity, according to the latest report from rotary sales and market intelligence firm Aero Asset.… Read more
HI Uplift: India – ‘Equal parts frustration and admiration’news Fayaz Hussain 10 Jul 26 0Every few years, someone at an aviation conference declares that the Indian market is about to boom. Then, lawyers get involved, custom forms pile up… Read more
HI Uplift: Michael York, GDHF – ‘Helicopters still perform the magic’news Mike Stones 3 Jul 26 0Michael York was a 17-year-old midshipman when he first flew in the back of a Royal Australian Navy Bell UH-1B Iroquois – better known as… Read more
Bristow agrees to pick Berry Aviation up for $105mnews Mike Stones 30 Jun 26 0Bristow Group is continuing its shift towards growing government services revenues with an agreement to acquire Berry Aviation from Acorn Capital Management for $105m in… Read more
HI Uplift: Milestone & SMFL Helicopters focus on growthnews Mike Stones 29 Jun 26 0“From a Milestone perspective, this has probably been the first year since I’ve been with the company where we weren’t fighting [industry] fires.” That’s how… Read more
National Airways Corporation buys stake in SkyConnect Leasingnews Mike Stones 29 Jun 26 0National Airways Corporation, the aviation services company based at Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg, has acquired a stake in SkyConnect Leasing, Dublin-registered helicopter leasing company based in… Read more
GDHF to deliver two Airbus H160s to a customer in Chinanews Mike Stones 15 Jun 26 0GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) has acquired two new multi-mission H160 helicopters to be leased to an unnamed customer in China. Speaking ahead of Helicopter Investor’s… Read more
HI Uplift: Aerius seals AW139 purchase and leaseback in Indonesianews Mike Stones 9 Jun 26 0Aerius Leasing has sealed its first offshore energy helicopter leasing transaction with the completion of a Leonardo AW139 purchase and leaseback deal supporting ENI operations… Read more
HI Uplift: VIH’s Fire Raptor planned to prey on wildfiresnews Mike Stones 26 May 26 0It seems a marriage made if not in heaven, then close to it – the skies of Canada’s British Columbia. VIH Helicopters, the oldest privately… Read more
SMFL Helicopters appoints new chief strategy officernews Mike Stones 21 May 26 0SMFL Helicopters last month appointed Soichiro Haneda as its chief strategy officer to lead the new lessor’s strategic development initiatives, support long-term growth ambitions and… Read more
HI Deal of the Year Awards: New deadline May 25th, 2026news Mike Stones 15 May 26 0There’s now even more time to nominate your favourite rotary finance deals for our Helicopter Investor Deal of the Year Awards. The new deadline is… Read more
Bristow hails three megatrends shaping revenuenews Mike Stones 8 May 26 0Bad things happen in threes, according to Western superstition. But not just bad things – good things too, according to Bristow Group. It believes three… Read more
