Robinson Helicopter Company plans big year for R88news Mike Stones 5 Mar 26 02026 is lining up to be a big year for Robinson’s new R88 helicopter. After its show debuts last year at VAI’s Verticon in Dallas… Read more
Bell Textron posts $4.3bn revenue in 2025news Fayaz Hussain 4 Mar 26 0Bell Textron has announced full-year 2025 revenue of $4.28bn, up 20% year-over-year from $3.57bn in the same period of last year. Driving growth was an… Read more
Veryon extends partnership with Airbus Helicoptersnews Mike Stones 4 Mar 26 0Data services and software solutions provider Veryon has renewed and extended its partnership with Airbus Helicopters. The partners have signed support agreements that will result… Read more
HI Uplift: Airbus highlights role of multi-mission helisnews Mike Stones 3 Mar 26 0Airbus Helicopters revealed a big order for multi-mission rotorcraft from Ghana’s Ministry of Defence earlier this year. The contract, the first with the African nation,… Read more
New lessor SMFL Helicopters launched to ‘transform’ global leasingnews Mike Stones 2 Mar 26 0A new rotorcraft leasing business – SMFL Helicopters – has been launched by Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company Limited after its acquisition, through the… Read more
Bumper Q4 for rotorcraft deliveries reports GAMAnews Yves Le Marquand 26 Feb 26 0Fourth-quarter (Q4) 2025 was a blockbuster quarter for rotorcraft, with 326 deliveries, a 56% increase on Q3 (209), according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association… Read more
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
