Airbus Helicopters’ earnings up 9% in first nine monthsnews Mike Stones 31 Oct 22 0Airbus Helicopters’ earnings (before interest and taxes) climbed 9% to reach €380m ($377.38m) in the first nine months of this year, compared with the same… Read more
LCI signs Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s Sustainability Charternews Mike Stones 28 Oct 22 0Leasing services company LCI has signed Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s (ALI’s) Sustainability Charter, which commits the business to 10 sustainability principles. The charter aims to drive… Read more
Milestone signs three-helicopter deal with PHInews Mike Stones 25 Oct 22 0Milestone Aviation has signed three helicopter lease agreements with PHI Aviation. The deals include the placement and extension of two Sikorsky S92 helicopters and one Leonardo… Read more
ITC-AeroLeasing completes Eurocopter EC225LP lease transactionnews Mike Stones 26 Sep 22 0ITC-AeroLeasing has completed a Eurocopter EC225LP lease transaction to an undisclosed US-based operator. The utility-configured heavy lift helicopter will be operated for government missions worldwide.… Read more
HI Uplift: Pulling it out of the fireinsight Yves Le Marquand 22 Sep 22 0Wildfires burned in 19 European countries this summer. The only continent on Earth to escape them in 2022, so far, is Antarctica. Yet their impact… Read more
Pre-owned twin-engine helicopter sales fall 17%: Aero Assetinsight Mike Stones 6 Sep 22 0Pre-owned twin-engine helicopter retail sales fell by 17% in the first six months of this year compared with the first half of 2021, according to… Read more
CHC Group completes $500m recapitalisation plannews Mike Stones 22 Aug 22 0Helicopter services provider CHC Group has completed its $500m recapitalisation plan, designed to cut funded debt obligations by up to $500m. “A substantial portion” of… Read more
Heliconia Group takes AW139 from Milestonenews 3 Aug 22 0Milestone Aviation Group has delivered a AW139 helicopter to Heliconia Group. The aircraft will be based in Senegal and used for offshore operations. Pat Sheedy,… Read more
Sloane takes second Children’s Air Ambulance AW169 from Milestonenews Alasdair Whyte 3 Aug 22 0Milestone Aviation Group has delivered a second new AW169 helicopter Sloane Helicopters. Sloane is operating the aircraft for The Children’s Air Ambulance UK. The first was delivered… Read more
LCI signs deal for up to six Airbus H175 helicoptersinsight Mike Stones 27 Jul 22 0Leasing 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… Read more
Enstrom signs Aero Facility as first sales rep in Japannews Mike Stones 18 Jul 22 0Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has appointed Aero Facility Co as its first sales representative in Japan. Aero Facility was a long time representative of the previous… Read more
HI Uplift: Town Hall predicts ‘landing you can walk away from’insight Mike Stones 15 Jul 22 0Helicopter Investor’s latest Town Hall online meeting predicted a mild-to-moderate US economic recession and “a landing that you can walk away from” plus a 10%… Read more
Bell signs seven 505 purchase agreements with European customersnews Mike Stones 5 Jul 22 0Bell Textron has signed purchase agreements for seven Bell 505 helicopters with European customers. Two of the purchase agreements were signed by JB Investments, Poland’s… Read more
HI Uplift: Seeking a buyer for Babcock (and the CHC legacy)insight Mike Stones 1 Jul 22 0Babcock seeks a buyer. It’s a sale few expected and even fewer seem to want. Unless you are the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).… Read more
Starspeed wins UK Penzance Helicopters contractnews Mike Stones 1 Jul 22 0Starspeed, Luxaviation Group’s corporate VIP helicopter company, has won the contract to operate Penzance Helicopters’ service to the Isles of Scilly, off the UK’s south… Read more
LCI, RIVE and Turning Rock buy 19 helicopters from Lobo Leasingnews Alasdair Whyte 30 Jun 22 0LCI, RIVE Private Investment and Turning Rock Partners are buying 19 helicopters worth $115m from Lobo Leasing. “This portfolio acquisition is another major step in… Read more
HI Uplift: LEVL Leasing launched as ‘capital demand expected to climb’insight Mike Stones 27 Jun 22 0LEVL Leasing has been launched by Lobo Leasing and EMP Structured Assets to supply lease and capital solutions for helicopter and vertical lift operators, as… Read more
LCI & SMFL deliver two new AW169s to Italian EMS operatornews Mike Stones 16 Jun 22 0Two new Leonardo AW169 helicopters have been delivered by leasing services company LCI and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company Limited (SMFL), from their joint… Read more
Bristow positioned for growth, as CEO ‘applies Aesop’s lessons’: analystsinsight Mike Stones 13 Jun 22 0Global helicopter operator Bristow is positioned for growth next year, according to Chris Bradshaw, group president and CEO. Industry specialists consulted by Helicopter Investor (HI)… Read more
Constant Aviation grows MRO services to include helicoptersnews Mike Stones 9 Jun 22 0Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) company Constant Aviation is growing its services beyond business jets, commercial airliners and other fixed-wing aircraft to include rotorcraft such… Read more
