Waypoint Leasing and Eurocopter establish marketing partnershipnews Terry Spruce 25 Sep 13 0Waypoint Leasing and Eurocopter sign an agreement at Helitech 2013 in London to establish a commercial and marketing partnership for helicopter leasing. Eurocopter has signed… Read more
Waypoint Leasing expands management teamnews Alasdair Whyte 24 Sep 13 0Six managers have joined the Irish helicopter lessor as it looks to grow its business. Waypoint Leasing has appointed three new executives as it develops… Read more
Milestone Aviation adds Peter Bull to the group’s advisory boardnews Terry Spruce 23 Sep 13 0Aviation veteran, Peter Bull, is the newest addition to the Milestone Aviation Group team. Milestone Aviation Group, a helicopter leasing company, has appointed Peter Bull,… Read more
Mark Kelly leaves CHC for Lease Corporation Internationalnews Terry Spruce 19 Sep 13 0Lease Corporation International hires Mark Kelly from CHC to help place helicopters from its $400 million AgustaWestland order. Mark Kelly is leaving his role as… Read more
Bell delivers first 407GX helicopter into Polandnews Terry Spruce 9 Aug 13 0A second Bell 407Gx will delivered into Poland later this month. Read more
Milestone secures $600 million credit linenews Alasdair Whyte 8 Aug 13 0Dublin-based Milestone Aviation Group closes largest debt deal by a helicopter lessor as the company’s three-year anniversary approaches. Read more
Macquarie Rotorcraft joins the actionnews Alasdair Whyte 5 Aug 13 0The launch of Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing is not a surprise. Macquarie was the under-bidder for CHC Helicopters and got very close to investing in Waypoint.… Read more
Milestone closes largest helicopter debt dealnews Alasdair Whyte 30 Jul 13 0Milestone will fund Sikorsky, Eurocopter and AgustaWestland equipment with debt from European commercial banks. Read more
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
