Thora Capital buys six EMS helicopters from Milestonenews Alasdair Whyte 17 Jul 20 0 Thora Capital has bought six Emergency Medical Services helicopters from Milestone Aviation. The aircraft are on lease to US EMS operator Life Flight Network.… Read more
Take it from us: navigating an aviation business transformationinsight Alasdair Whyte 23 Jun 20 0Todd Wolynski, Partner at White & Case, and Oliver Althoff, Managing Director – North America at Seabury Securities, explain what aviation companies need to do… Read more
Bristow and Era Helicopters complete their mergernews Mike Stones 12 Jun 20 0Bristow Group and Era Helicopters have completed the merger, announced on January 24th 2020, to form “a financially stronger company with enhanced size and diversification”.… Read more
Nova Capital expands its fleet with eight new EMS helicoptersnews Mike Stones 10 Jun 20 0Nova Capital has added eight new EMS helicopters, including three Leonardo 169s (pictured) to its fleet. European helicopter lessor Nova Capital has boosted its fleet… Read more
Banks ‘should review helicopter assets as Covid-19 precaution’news Mike Stones 9 Jun 20 0Banks should review the value of their helicopter assets as a means of mitigating risks arising from the Covid-19 global pandemic, warns Jean-Marc Youkhana, owner… Read more
Arena Investors launches joint venture with Washecka’s Intrinsic Aviationnews Alasdair Whyte 20 May 20 0Investment adviser Arena Investors has formed a joint venture with Intrinsic Aviation to invest in helicopter assets. Intrinsic Aviation was founded by Ed Washecka, former… Read more
Raymond James Investment Banking recruits aviation banker David Fowkesnews Mike Stones 20 May 20 0David Fowkes has joined Raymond James Investment Banking as MD and co-head of the Aviation and Aerospace sector team, Raymond James Investment Banking has strengthened… Read more
LCI, Thora Capital and Rive Private Investment co-invest $100mnews Alasdair Whyte 7 May 20 0Helicopter lessor LCI, asset manager Thora Capital and private equity firm Rive Private Investment have joined together to invest in nine helicopters worth more than… Read more
ITC-AeroLeasing continues to support Air Ambulance operations in the USnews Terry Spruce 1 May 20 030 April 2020 – ITC-AeroLeasing has announced the successful completion of a further air ambulance lease deal with a leading air medical transportation company in… Read more
Aero Asset says first quarter was strong for helicopter sales, but Covid-19 slowdown has startedinsight Alasdair Whyte 14 Apr 20 0The First Quarter 2020 Preowned Helicopter Market Trends Report produced by broker Aero Asset shows that the first three months of 2020 were strong for… Read more
Lessons from the trenches: Tips from a leasing company’s Chapter 11insight Alasdair Whyte 14 Apr 20 0Todd Wolynski, partner at White & Case, looks at what he learnt as general counsel and chief administrative officer of Waypoint Leasing during its Chapter… Read more
Skyports extends Series A funding with Irelandia investmentnews Alasdair Whyte 12 Mar 20 0eVTOL infrastructure developer Skyports has extended its Series A venture capital funding round with an investment from Irelandia Aviation – bringing its total capital raised… Read more
Helicopter Investor London 2020 – Appraising appraisersinsight Alasdair Whyte 9 Mar 20 0Valuing helicopters can be difficult. With a wide variety of missions, configurations and helicopter types – not to mention big price fluctuations – providing useful… Read more
Volocopter extends Series C funding to €87 millionnews Alasdair Whyte 21 Feb 20 0Following a partnership with Asian super app Grab earlier this week, Volocopter announced today (21 February) that it is extending its Series C financing round… Read more
Helicopter leasing: Olivier Piot on finding success in a down marketinsight Alasdair Whyte 20 Feb 20 0At the turn of the millennia, the helicopter leasing market did not exist. But across the aisle, commercial aircraft leasing was booming, with almost half… Read more
New decade, new startinsight Alasdair Whyte 21 Jan 20 0 It has not been such a bad few years for helicopter leasing after all. In 2010, less than 1% of the world’s helicopter fleet… Read more
New Milestone CEO: ‘the worst of the supply overhang is behind us’news Alasdair Whyte 9 Jan 20 0Pat Sheedy is the new CEO of Milestone Aviation Group, the largest helicopter operator lessor. His appointment follows Greg Conlon’s promotion to CEO of GE… Read more
Bristow cancels 22 H175 order with Airbusnews Alasdair Whyte 8 Jan 20 0UPDATE: Airbus has since dismissed claims that the 22 H175s cancelled represent half of the model types order backlog. Bristow Group has cancelled a long-standing… Read more
Public large helicopter financial transactions from 2012-2019news Alasdair Whyte 2 Dec 19 0The reality of 2019 thus far is that not many people are buying helicopters, and not many helicopter companies are raising money to grow in… Read more
Thinking long-terminsight Alasdair Whyte 22 Nov 19 0This article originally appeared as part of our Helicopter Investor Weekly Newsletter. To read these stories first, subscribe to our newsletter . It is… Read more
