HI Uplift: HEMS opportunities for lessors and pre-ownedinsight Mike Stones 24 Nov 22 0Growing demand for Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) could boost demand for leased and pre-owned aircraft, as more new production is directed towards military applications… Read more
HI Uplift: ‘More consolidation for operators on way’insight Mike Stones 18 Nov 22 0The helicopter industry faces more operator consolidation, as it continues to slowly emerge from “nuclear winter” and “rotational pain,” according to speakers at Helicopter Investor’s… Read more
HI Uplift: LCI says all groups have responsibility to drive sustainabilityinsight Mike Stones 11 Nov 22 0All aviation organisations have a responsibility to help drive progress on sustainability topics, says LCI, after signing Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s (ALI’s) Sustainability Charter, which commits… Read more
Helicopter market to reach $41.2bn in five yearsinsight Mike Stones 4 Oct 22 0The global helicopter market will reach a value of $41.2bn by 2027 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.1%, according to the latest… Read more
HI Uplift: Pulling it out of the fireinsight Yves Le Marquand 22 Sep 22 0Wildfires burned in 19 European countries this summer. The only continent on Earth to escape them in 2022, so far, is Antarctica. Yet their impact… Read more
Pre-owned twin-engine helicopter sales fall 17%: Aero Assetinsight Mike Stones 6 Sep 22 0Pre-owned twin-engine helicopter retail sales fell by 17% in the first six months of this year compared with the first half of 2021, according to… Read more
HI Uplift: Believe in BETAinsight Yves Le Marquand 18 Aug 22 0Remember when the iPhone came out? Steve Jobs unveiled it as an iPod, phone and internet communicator. Fast-forward 15 years and the uses are virtually… Read more
LCI signs deal for up to six Airbus H175 helicoptersinsight Mike Stones 27 Jul 22 0Leasing services company LCI Aviation has ordered up to six H175 super-medium helicopters from Airbus, valued at over $125m. The deal follows confirmation of a… Read more
HI Uplift: Town Hall predicts ‘landing you can walk away from’insight Mike Stones 15 Jul 22 0Helicopter Investor’s latest Town Hall online meeting predicted a mild-to-moderate US economic recession and “a landing that you can walk away from” plus a 10%… Read more
EASA plans world’s first VTOL urban air taxi rulesinsight Mike Stones 4 Jul 22 0The first proposed rules from an aviation regulator governing the operation of VTOL aircraft in cities have been proposed by the European Union Aviation Safety… Read more
HI Uplift: Seeking a buyer for Babcock (and the CHC legacy)insight Mike Stones 1 Jul 22 0Babcock seeks a buyer. It’s a sale few expected and even fewer seem to want. Unless you are the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).… Read more
HI Uplift: LEVL Leasing launched as ‘capital demand expected to climb’insight Mike Stones 27 Jun 22 0LEVL Leasing has been launched by Lobo Leasing and EMP Structured Assets to supply lease and capital solutions for helicopter and vertical lift operators, as… Read more
Airbus completes first 100% SAF-powered heli flightinsight Mike Stones 27 Jun 22 0Airbus has completed the first flight of its twin-engine H225 helicopter with both Safran Makila 2 engines powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). “This flight… Read more
HI Uplift: ACH drives towards a sustainable futureinsight Mike Stones 20 Jun 22 0Five years after its launch, Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) is continuing its drive towards sustainable growth – despite minor supply chain delays – Frederic Lemos,… Read more
Bristow positioned for growth, as CEO ‘applies Aesop’s lessons’: analystsinsight Mike Stones 13 Jun 22 0Global helicopter operator Bristow is positioned for growth next year, according to Chris Bradshaw, group president and CEO. Industry specialists consulted by Helicopter Investor (HI)… Read more
UK protects weak O&G companies from mighty helicopter operatorsinsight Alasdair Whyte 4 Jun 22 0The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told CHC that it cannot own Babcock’s UK offshore business that it acquired last year. You can… Read more
NHV Group logs 70,000 flying hours with the H175insight Mike Stones 31 May 22 0HI Summary NHV Group’s fleet of Airbus H175 has logged more than 70,000 flying hours. Recent H175 flight hours have included ferry flights around the… Read more
HI Uplift: Enstrom to ‘hit high notes of heli production’ with Surack Enterprisesinsight Mike Stones 30 May 22 0Building any business is tough. But constructing a $1.5bn world-leading music business, starting from the back of your Volkswagen bus, reveals extraordinary grit, determination and… Read more
HI Uplift: Milestone sees demand uncaged in 2022insight Mike Stones 10 May 22 0“The lions have been let out of the cage.” Just nine words from Pat Sheedy, president and CEO of lessor Milestone Aviation Group, capture the… Read more
HI Uplift: Reviving the old, the shock of the new (eventually)insight Mike Stones 19 Apr 22 0The reviving fortunes of the commercial helicopter market, powered by renewed oil and gas demand, coupled with excitement about the deployment of drones and, eventually,… Read more
