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
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
Bristow announces private offering of $400m notesnews Fayaz Hussain 13 Jan 26 0Houston-based Bristow Group announced a private offering of $400m principal amount of senior secured notes due 2033. The notes are expected to pay interest semi-annually… Read more
Bristow’s supply chain woes ‘won’t stop 27% EBITDA lift’news Mike Stones 7 Nov 25 0Within the first two sentences. That’s the priority Chris Bradshaw chose to give to mentioning supply chain difficulties in his opening remarks on Bristow’s third-quarter… Read more
Bristow posts flattish sequential growth in third quarternews Fayaz Hussain 5 Nov 25 0Vertical flight solutions provider Bristow Group posted a flattish revenue growth of 3% quarter-over-quarter to $386m in the third quarter compared to second quarter of… Read more
Bristow raises earnings outlook for 2025 and 2026 in Q2 resultsnews Mike Stones 6 Aug 25 0Bristow Group has raised its adjusted EBITDA earnings outlook range for this year and next after reporting net income of $31.7m, or $1.07 per diluted… Read more
HI Uplift: Sikorsky S-92 – no question of commitmentnews Mike Stones 20 Jun 25 0Senior Sikorsky executive Jennifer Martone has favourite questions and those that do not impress. Luckily, it’s halfway through our conversation before I ask her least… Read more
Vertical and Bristow extend VX4 eVTOL partnershipnews Mike Stones 16 Jun 25 0Vertical Aerospace and helicopter operator Bristow Group have revealed an extension of their partnership to bring advanced air mobility (AAM) into commercial operation using the… Read more
HI Uplift: Bristow CEO welcomes offshore opportunitiesnews Mike Stones 3 Mar 25 0Bristow Group welcomed worldwide opportunities – particularly growth in offshore energy markets – during an investors’ call last week. The only clouds darkening the operator’s… Read more
Bristow SAR team wins safety awardnews Mike Stones 27 Nov 24 0A Bristow search and rescue (SAR) team based at Newquay, Cornwall, southwestern UK has won a prestigious safety award. Recipients of the 2024 Billy Deacon… Read more
HI Uplift: Bristow expects ‘accelerating growth over next two years’ news Mike Stones 15 Nov 24 0Bristow Group president and CEO Chris Bradshaw was in upbeat mood when he co-hosted the company’s third quarter (Q3) earnings call last week. It wasn’t… Read more
Bristow reports strong Q3 earnings, raises full-year outlooknews Fayaz Hussain 6 Nov 24 0Vertical flight solutions provider Bristow Group reported its financial results for the third quarter of 2024, showcasing continued growth and profitability. In the quarter ended… Read more
HI Uplift: Welcome to the ‘long goodbye’ for helicoptersnews Mike Stones 26 Sep 24 0It was a simple question (I thought). To what extent will AAM (Advanced Air Mobility) solutions replace helicopter missions? On the receiving end was Dave… Read more
WFW advised on Bristow’s €100m loan to acquire five SAR AW189snews Mike Stones 12 Aug 24 0Watson Farley Williams (WFW) advised National Westminster Bank and UK Export Finance (UKEF) on an €100m ($109.23m) Export Development Guarantee term loan granted to Bristow… Read more
Bristow secures €100m loan for Irish SAR helicoptersnews Fayaz Hussain 13 Jun 24 0Bristow Group announced that its UK subsidiary Bristow Leasing has secured a €100m ($108m) term loan to fund its next generation of search and rescue… Read more
HI Uplift: HAI returns to Anaheim … in search of liftnews Mike Stones 4 Mar 24 0Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Donald Duck and pals normally pull the crowds to Anaheim, California. But last week, there was another star attraction. HAI Heli-Expo was… Read more
Bristow confirms fatal S-92 North Sea crashnews Mike Stones 29 Feb 24 0Bristow Group has confirmed the crash of a search and rescue (SAR) S-92 helicopter off the coast of Norway, which resulted in one fatality and… Read more
Bristow’s UK SAR operations win awards for rescue missionsnews Mike Stones 6 Nov 23 0Helicopter operator Bristow’s UK Search and Rescue (SAR) operations team has won a series of prestigious awards. The latest award is the Prince Philip Helicopter… Read more
Bristow hails passing ‘positive inflection point’ in Q3 2023 resultsnews Mike Stones 2 Nov 23 0Bristow Group has passed “a positive inflection point”, according to its president and CEO Chris Bradshaw, after the helicopter operator posted net income of $4.3m… Read more
