Rotortrade closes first pre-owned heli sale of 2025 in Indonesianews Mike Stones 24 Jul 25 0Rotortrade has closed Indonesia’s first pre-owned helicopter sale of the year – a 2014 Bell 429 VIP aircraft (MSN 57241) to PT Whitesky Aviation. Acquired… Read more
HI Uplift: Start early with end-of-lease planningnews Mike Stones 18 Jul 25 0Managing end-of-lease helicopter assets should start with effective planning at the beginning of the leasing process, without undue speed to agree a deal, according to… Read more
CHC wins three-year North Sea contract with Equinornews Mike Stones 18 Jul 25 0CHC Helicopter has won a three-year contract with Norwegian multinational oil giant Equinor to support its Mariner and Rosebank fields in the North Sea. Under… Read more
Bizav baby boomers look to sell their firms: Alderman & Companynews Mike Stones 18 Jul 25 0A rising tide of small to middle market business aviation firms – including both rotary and fixed wing specialists – are being offered for sale,… Read more
HI Uplift: NHV plans consolidation and growthnews Mike Stones 11 Jul 25 0Consolidation this year, growth next. That’s the plan set out by Lars-Henrik Thorngreen, CEO of NHV at our Helicopter Investor London conference last month. Eight months… Read more
HI Uplift: GDHF on the opportunities of ‘tumultuous change’news Mike Stones 3 Jul 25 0“If you haven’t been asleep for the past four months, you’ll have noticed the world has changed and that change has been tumultuous.” Painting a… Read more
Rotortrade: Heli financing environment ‘improves noticeably’news Mike Stones 2 Jul 25 0The helicopter financing environment has “improved noticeably”, according to Philippe Lubrano, CEO of rotary helicopter dealer, maintenance and financial services company Rotortrade. “Access to funding… Read more
Blueberry Aviation makes senior appointmentnews Mike Stones 1 Jul 25 0Helicopter and fixed-wing sales specialist Blueberry Aviation has appointed Gwenola Robert as vice president Contracts, effective from today. “We are delighted to welcome Gwenola to… Read more
CHC Helicopter appoints new CFOnews Mike Stones 26 Jun 25 0CHC Helicopter has appointed Neil Gilchrist as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Gilchrist started his new role earlier this month. Tom Burke, the operator’s… Read more
HI Uplift: Milestone learns from past at Helicopter Investor London news Mike Stones 13 Jun 25 0Last Wednesday proved a busy day for Milestone Aviation Group. Not only did the lessor reveal it had signed a five-year lease extension with South… Read more
Helicopter Investor Deal of the Year 2025 Awards winners revealednews Yves Le Marquand 4 Jun 25 0The winners of Helicopter Investor’s inaugural Deal of the Year Awards have been revealed today at Helicopter Investor London 2025. Decided by a panel of… Read more
HI Breaking News: Aerius and AL Group forge new leasing partnershipnews Mike Stones 4 Jun 25 0Aerius Group, the helicopter and fixed-wing lessor and broker, has forged a new global services leasing partnership with privately owned shipping company AL Group. The… Read more
HI Uplift: Lift-off for our London 2025 conference next Wednesdaynews Mike Stones 29 May 25 0If our HI London 2025 conference was a helicopter, it would be on the FATO (final approach and take-off area) undergoing the last checks before… Read more
HI Uplift: Bristow posts stellar Q1 resultsnews Mike Stones 9 May 25 0Bristow is off to a stellar start in 2025. The company reported its first quarter results posting a 315% year-over-year increase in net profit of… Read more
HI Uplift: Airbus marks Super Wednesdaynews Mike Stones 2 May 25 0Airbus marked its very own Super Wednesday this week with the publication of its first quarter results. On the same day, Airbus Helicopters revealed it… Read more
HI Uplift: GD Helicopter Finance marks first anniversary with €200m portfolionews Mike Stones 25 Apr 25 0A year after its launch, lessor GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) is marking its anniversary having built a €200m ($229m) lease portfolio of 16 aircraft. The… Read more
Bell records 35% jump in first quarter revenuesnews Fayaz Hussain 25 Apr 25 0Textron’s helicopter segment Bell witnessed stellar first quarter revenue growth of 35% year-over-year to $983m compared with $727m; owing to higher volume and mix. The… Read more
HI Uplift: Rotortrade highlights pre-owned helis (and hails German car makers)news Mike Stones 17 Apr 25 0It was billed as a breakfast meeting. But the mini pastries remained mostly untouched on the Rotortrade stand at the Verticon trade event in Dallas,… Read more
HI Uplift: ITE Management acquires Thora Capitalnews Mike Stones 4 Apr 25 0You wait ages for a bus before two arrive at once. It’s a particularly British phrase but one that neatly describes recent acquisitions in helicopter… Read more
Infracapital plans to acquire critical missions operator SAF Aerogroupnews Mike Stones 3 Apr 25 0Infracapital plans to acquire European critical missions operator SAF Aerogroup, after signing a put option agreement from the funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, LP… Read more
