Bristow posts 2025 revenue up at $1.5bnnews Mike Stones 26 Feb 26 0Bristow has posted 2025 total revenues of $1.5bn, boosted partly by the growth of its Government Services business, compared with $1.4bn during the previous year.… Read more
Leonardo posts 2025 revenue 11% up at €19.5bnnews Mike Stones 25 Feb 26 0Leonardo posted revenues up 11% to €19.5bn in preliminary results for the full-year 2025. Revenue growth was accompanied by a noticeable improvement in both operating… Read more
Heli hires: Bristow appoints new chief legal officernews Mike Stones 25 Feb 26 0Bristow Group has promoted Anne Rappold to the role of chief legal officer and corporate secretary, with immediate effect. Rappold has served as acting chief… Read more
HI Uplift: Airbus screens full-year 2025 resultsnews Mike Stones 20 Feb 26 0If you like your aviation videos fast-paced and glitzy, you would enjoy the two-and-a-half-minute film preceding Airbus’s 2025 results presentation yesterday. There was plenty for… Read more
Airbus Helicopters lifts 2025 revenues by 13% to €8.9bnnews Mike Stones 19 Feb 26 0Airbus Helicopters achieved revenues of €8.9bn ($10.6bn) last year – 13% up on 2024 – in full-year 2025 results posted today by its parent company… Read more
CHC logs AW189 offshore familiarisation flights with Aker BPnews Mike Stones 17 Feb 26 0CHC Helicopter has completed what it describes as “another key milestone” in its programme with Norwegian oil giant Aker BP to introduce the super-medium AW189… Read more
Saxon Air claims crown as UK’s largest onshore charter operatornews Mike Stones 17 Feb 26 0Saxon Air is claiming the crown as the UK’s largest onshore charter operator after adding five new managed helicopters to its fleet since December 2025.… Read more
HI Uplift: RIVE finds fresh wind from Milestone heli dealnews Mike Stones 13 Feb 26 0Power generation from North Sea wind platforms is enjoying a bit of a moment. In January, the UK government launched Europe’s biggest single procurement of offshore wind in… Read more
Heli hires: Verticon organiser VAI appoints new leadersnews Mike Stones 13 Feb 26 0Vertical Aviation International (VAI) – the organiser of next month’s Verticon 2026 event – has promoted Cade Clark to the role of the role of executive… Read more
HI Deal of the Year Awards 2026: Nominations welcomenews Mike Stones 12 Feb 26 0Helicopter finance deals are the engine of growth that is powering a resurgent global rotary industry. Building on the success of last year’s inaugural Helicopter… Read more
Aero Asset single-engine report charts tighter supplynews Mike Stones 11 Feb 26 0Tightening supply and resilient pricing are revealed by Aero Asset’s 2025 Annual Heli Market Trends Single-Engine edition. The report details how the global supply of… Read more
Bell Textron sells two Bell 429 helicopters to Nakanihon Air Conews Mike Stones 9 Feb 26 0Bell Textron has boosted its presence in Asia Pacific with the sale of two new Bell 429 helicopters to Nakanihon Air Co – one of… Read more
AerCap reports ‘momentous 2025’ for Milestonenews Alasdair Whyte 9 Feb 26 0AerCap, the parent company of Milestone, reported record net profit of $3.8bn for 2025. “We are pleased to announce another strong quarter for AerCap, completing… Read more
Centaurium Aviation MRO sees management buyoutnews Mike Stones 9 Feb 26 0Switzerland-based rotary maintenance, repair and overhaul organisation Centaurium Aviation MRO is undergoing a management buyout in what the company describes as “part of a planned… Read more
DRF Luftrettung logs 36,407 ambulance missions in 2025 – up 1.6%news Mike Stones 29 Jan 26 0The German air rescue group DRF Luftrettung has confirmed its helicopter and fixed-wing fleet logged 36,407 missions last year – a rise of 1.6% compared… Read more
Bristow Group closes $500m offering, extends ABL facilitynews Fayaz Hussain 28 Jan 26 0Houston-based Bristow Group said it has successfully closed private offering of $500m aggregate principal amount of 6.750% senior secured notes due 2033 and extension of… Read more
Bristow book first delivery slot for Electra’s EL9 Aircraftnews Fayaz Hussain 22 Jan 26 0Bristow Group announced a pre-delivery payment (PDP) deposit agreement with Electra.aero to secure first delivery slot for its EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-electric aircraft. “Bristow has… Read more
HI Uplift: 2026 – Year of the super medium (or not yet)?news Mike Stones 16 Jan 26 0Happy 18th birthday to the super medium helicopter. The first generally accepted super medium – the Airbus H175, originally known as the Eurocopter EC175 –… Read more
RIVE acquires four heli-portfolio from Milestonenews Mike Stones 16 Jan 26 0RIVE Private Investment has acquired a four-helicopter portfolio from Milestone Aviation. The deal includes three Leonardo AW139s and one Leonardo AW169. Three of the fleet… Read more
Gama to open UK paint shop for AW169s, AW1389s and H145snews Mike Stones 15 Jan 26 0Gama Aviation is to open a new rotorcraft paint shop at its Rotary Centre of Excellence in Staverton, Gloucestershire in central England. Due to open… Read more
