Commercial helicopters vs military helicopters: A tale of two marketsinsight Alasdair Whyte 25 Jul 13 0Recent investor calls from Textron, owner of Bell, and Sikorsky parent UTC have been positive for the commercial market. Bell delivered 44 commercial helicopters between… Read more
Helicopter financing with friendsinsight Alasdair Whyte 3 Jul 13 0There is an old golf joke where one player asks the caddy: “Is my friend in the rough or is the lucky bastard on the… Read more
An inside look at Milestone Aviation and the first helicopter export credit bondnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Jun 13 0Milestone talks to Corporate Jet Investor about closing the first Ex-Im bond secured by helicopters in May, a deal that was years in the making. Read more
LCI signs for another 10 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 18 Jun 13 0Lease Corporation International has signed a contract for another 10 AgustaWestland helicopters, five AW139, three AW169 and two AW189 aircraft. Read more
LCI provides helicopters to WestStar Aviation Servicesnews Terry Spruce 15 Jun 13 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) announced that it will be providing two AgustaWestland AW139 helicopters to WestStar Aviation Services of Malaysia for their offshore operation. Read more
Milestone closes first Ex-Im bond for helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 3 Jun 13 0The Ex-Im Bank has issued a bond guarantee supporting Sikorsky Helicopters for S-92 helicopters to Milestone Aviation Group. This is the first use of Capital-Markets… Read more
The new age of helicopter operating leasingnews Alasdair Whyte 23 May 13 0With Milestone Aviation, Lease Corporation International, Waypoint Leasing and Lobo Leasing, helicopters have more choice of financing than ever before. Sophie Segal talks to the… Read more
Waypoint secures $375 million equity investmentnews Alasdair Whyte 6 May 13 0Waypoint Holdings has announced that it has secured a $375 million equity investment from funds affiliated with MSD Capital, Soros Fund Management and Cartesian Capital. Read more
Lease Corporation International makes first helicopter deliverynews Terry Spruce 30 Apr 13 0Lease Corporation International helicopter division has delivered its first helicopter, an AgustaWestland AW139 to Bond Offshore Helicopters in Aberdeen, Scotland. Read more
Milestone Aviation planning to use US Ex-Im finance for helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 9 Apr 13 0The Export-Import Bank of the US is set to guarantee around $200 million in financing for helicopter leasing company, Milestone Aviation Group. Read more
Eurocopter and Milestone sign marketing agreementnews Terry Spruce 8 Mar 13 0Eurocopter and Milestone Aviation Group signed an agreement for cooperative marketing of Milestone’s growing helicopter portfolio, backed by Eurocopter’s comprehensive Parts-by-the-Hour (PBH) support services. Read more
Waypoint Leasing signs agreement with AgustaWestlandnews Terry Spruce 7 Mar 13 0AgustaWestland has announced that it has signed a multi-year multi-aircraft agreement with Waypoint Leasing LLC (“Waypoint”) for GrandNew, AW169, AW139 and AW189 helicopters. Read more
Milestone Aviation orders another 14 EC225 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 6 Mar 13 0Milestone Aviation Group has announced an order for 14 additional Eurocopter EC225 twin-engine helicopters, which will join the 16 EC225s ordered last year, along with… Read more
What is driving today’s helicopter economy?news Terry Spruce 6 Mar 13 0Sharon Desfor, president of Heli Value$, seeks to answer the common question of “What’s going on with the helicopter market?” Read more
Sikorsky sells 30 helicopters to Milestone Aviation Groupnews Terry Spruce 5 Mar 13 0Sikorsky sells 23 S-92s and seven S-76Ds to Milestone Aviation Group, with options on a further 14 S92s and 10 S76Ds. Read more
Milestone’s portfolio of leased helicopters passes $1 billionnews Terry Spruce 5 Mar 13 0Milestone Aviation Group announced at Heli-Expo that its portfolio of leased helicopters has surpassed $1 billion. Milestone is the first company ever to achieve this. Read more
2012 was a record year for helicopter manufacturersinsight Alasdair Whyte 28 Jan 13 0Many industries will want to forget 2012, but when writing about helicopter OEMs it is hard to avoid overusing the word record in a good… Read more
Eurocopter delivers new helicopter to Beijing Capital Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 17 Jan 13 0In a ceremony held in Beijing, Eurocopter delivered Beijing Capital Helicopter’s first EC135 P2+ helicopter. Read more
Chinese company buys Enstrom Helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 15 Jan 13 0In late December 2012, the Chongqing Helicopter Investment Company bought the Enstrom Helicopter Corporation. Read more
Data: Helicopter debt transactions in 2012news Terry Spruce 9 Jan 13 0Bond issues and export credit for helicopter operators dominated 2012 with Milestone Aviation Group also tapping the loan market three times. Read more
