CMIFL orders 100 Airbus Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 9 Sep 15 0China Minsheng International Financial Leasing Corp., Ltd. (CMIFL) has ordered 100 Airbus Helicopters rotorcraft. An initial batch of 10 helicopters are due to be delivered… Read more
Waypoint closes $200 million in capital market financingnews Terry Spruce 8 Sep 15 0Waypoint Leasing has closed on the private placement of $200 million of senior secured notes. This is Waypoint’s inaugural capital markets financing. The senior secured… Read more
Waypoint will open Rio de Janeiro office in 2016news Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0Waypoint Leasing will open its Latin American office in January 2016. The new office will be headed by Steffen Bay. Waypoint Leasing closes second deal… Read more
JSSI launches Tip-to-Tail program for AW139news Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0Jet Support Services (JSSI) launches its Tip-to-Tail program coverage for the AgustaWestland AW139. The company first introduced its Tip-to-Tail hourly cost maintenance program in 1997… Read more
JSSI launches AS350 parts only program at LABACEnews Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0Jet Support Services, Inc. (JSSI), has launched its new parts-only program for the full line of Airbus Helicopters AS350 rotorcraft. “We listened to AS350 owners… Read more
Gustavo Semeraro joins Lobo Leasing in Rio de Janeironews Terry Spruce 11 Aug 15 0Gustavo Semeraro has joined Lobo Leasing to help launch its Rio de Janeiro office. Semeraro joins from Bell Helicopter where he was Regional Sales Manager… Read more
Waypoint Leasing closes second lease with Lidernews Alasdair Whyte 11 Aug 15 0Waypoint Leasing has closed its second transaction with Brazil’s Lider Taxi Aereo. The lessor has bought one Sikorsky S-92 which it will lease back to… Read more
Helicopter Leasing: “It’s not subprime yet but it won’t take much of a shock to make it one”insight Alasdair Whyte 11 Aug 15 0Simon Sparkes of Nova Systems has written a provocative piece titled “Offshore Helicopter Leasing – an Existential Risk?” on HeliHub. He arguing that leasing companies will struggle… Read more
LCI closes innovative Islamic finance facilitynews Alasdair Whyte 29 Jul 15 0LCI Helicopters has closed an innovative Islamic pre-delivery payment facility with Bank of London and the Middle East and Lloyds Bank. The facility will be… Read more
CHC share price drops below NYSE compliance levelnews Alasdair Whyte 28 Jul 15 0The CHC Group’s closing share price on the New York Stock Exchange(NYSE) has been below $1.00 for over 30 consecutive days. ALSO SEE: ALSO SEE:… Read more
Omni complete AW139 SLB with Lobonews Alasdair Whyte 17 Jul 15 0Portugal-based Omni Helicopters International has completed a sale and lease back transaction on four of its AW139s with Lobo Leasing. ALSO SEE: Brazil’s OHI Group… Read more
CHC shares slide, Milestone buys, Singapore Swingsinsight Alasdair Whyte 16 Jul 15 0NOTE: The below originally appeared as the editorial in our July 9 Helicopter Investor News. To find out more, and sign up for free, please… Read more
Bell sells first 412EPI in Europenews Terry Spruce 29 Jun 15 0Bell Helicopter has sold a Bell 412EPI to the Czech Police. The helicopter, the first in Europe, will be used for search and rescue missions.… Read more
Market analysis: Orders by helicopter leasing companies stay firminsight Alasdair Whyte 24 Jun 15 0Milestone Aviation Group’s orders at the 2015 Paris Airshow for 31 helicopters are encouraging for helicopter OEMs as it shows that leasing companies are still… Read more
Bell sells VIP 525 Relentless to the Middle Eastnews Terry Spruce 22 Jun 15 0Bell Helicopter has sold a VIP configured Bell 525 Relentless to an undisclosed Middle East customer. ALSO READ: Bell and Milestone signs LOI for Bell… Read more
Bell and Milestone signs LOI for 525 Relentlessnews Terry Spruce 15 Jun 15 0Milestone Aviation Group has signed an LoI with Bell for 20 Bell 525 Relentless helicopters on first day of the Paris Air Show. The aircraft… Read more
Milestone orders another three AW139snews Terry Spruce 15 Jun 15 0Milestone Aviation Group has signed a firm order for three additional AW139s that will be made available for lease to Milestone’s customers and operators globally.… Read more
Waypoint signs leasing transaction with Titan Helicopter Groupnews Terry Spruce 11 Jun 15 0Waypoint Leasing announces that it has reached a lease agreement for two helicopters with Titan Helicopter Group, a provider of helicopter services with operations spanning… Read more
Airbus Helicopters demonstrates H175 to Brazilian oil and gas industrynews Terry Spruce 11 Jun 15 0Airbus Helicopters are demonstrating the new H175 aircraft to Brazilian oil and gas companies. The helicopter will stopover at Cabo Frio, Macaé and Rio de… Read more
Lobo Leasing closes deal with AARnews Terry Spruce 11 Jun 15 0Lobo Leasing has closed the first of a two-part lease agreement with expeditionary airlift services provider, AAR Airlift Group, a division of global aerospace and… Read more
