Milestone agrees to $230m secured term loan to Bristownews Alasdair Whyte 3 Feb 17 0Milestone will be providing a $230m secured term loan facility to a Bristow subsidy as part of a new agreement. The commitment letter will see… Read more
Erickson files for Chapter 11, Lombard lends to Bristowinsight Rianne West 17 Nov 16 0One step forward, one step back. Just as CHC prepares to exit from Chapter 11 early next year, Erickson has entered. Like CHC, Erickson’s filing… Read more
Lombard closes $200 million loan for Bristow SARnews Alasdair Whyte 15 Nov 16 0Lombard, the asset finance division of Royal Bank of Scotland, has financed eight Bristow helicopters that are used on the UK search and rescue programme.… Read more
Bristow assists Louisiana floods rescue effortsnews Alasdair Whyte 17 Aug 16 0Bristow has supported helicopter rescue efforts for Louisiana residents affected by flooding in the areas surrounding Livingston and East Baton Rouge. Bristow teams from bases… Read more
Bristow Caribbean enters Trinidad and Tobago oil with Sikorsky S-92news Alasdair Whyte 6 May 16 0Bristow Caribbean has signed a contract with BHP Billiton in Trinidad and Tobago to operate a Sikorsky S-92 aircraft for the oil and gas industry… Read more
Bristow Helicopters completes last flight from Murchison oil platformnews Alasdair Whyte 26 Apr 16 0Bristow Helicopters Limited has flown the last scheduled flight to and from the Murchison oil platform before its decommissioning. The flight crew wanted to make… Read more
It’s a wrapinsight Alasdair Whyte 8 Apr 16 0One of the most striking images this week came from Protective Packaging Corp (PPC). The Dallas company has just wrapped a Sikorsky S-92 for Bristow.… Read more
A profit of CFOs – new CFOs at Bristow, CHC and Erainsight Alasdair Whyte 2 Sep 15 0One nice quirk about the English language is the different names given to groups. A collection of things can be taken as a whole. Many… Read more
Bristow’s rainy day savingsinsight Alasdair Whyte 4 Jun 15 0Management teams rarely get the credit for being conservative, but Bristow definitely deserves it. In October 2014 BC (before oil crash), Jonathan Baliff said that… Read more
Bristow rescues five from Irish fishing boatnews Terry Spruce 26 Jan 15 0A search team operated by Bristow Helicopters successfully rescued five fishermen from the Iuda Naofa, an Irish fishing vessel, which started to sink around 48… Read more
AW189 completes North Sea demo tournews Terry Spruce 3 Dec 14 0AgustaWestland has completed a successful North Sea demo tour of the AW189 helicopter. During the tour, more than 60 attendees from oil and gas companies,… Read more
Helitech 2014: Gecas buys Milestone Aviationinsight Alasdair Whyte 14 Oct 14 0The big story at Helitech, this year taking place in a damp Amsterdam, is GE Capital Aviation Services (Gecas) buying Milestone Aviation Group for $1.775… Read more
Waypoint announces first lease with Bristownews Terry Spruce 14 Oct 14 0Waypoint Leasing (Ireland) Limited has agreed to the sale and leaseback (SLB) of two Sikorsky S-92 helicopters with Bristow Group Inc. Both S-92s operate offshore… Read more
Market analysis: Bristow vs CHC vs Erainsight Alasdair Whyte 22 Aug 14 0You can broadly speaking split the helicopter operators that serve the oil and gas industry into local and international operators. Although joint ventures between local… Read more
Bristow signs with CGX Energynews Terry Spruce 19 Aug 14 0Bristow Helicopters will provide helicopter transport for CGX Energy to a Guyanan drilling site. Bristow Helicopters will provide helicopter transporation for CGX Energy, an oil… Read more
Good times (and results) for Bristow, CHC and Era Groupinsight Alasdair Whyte 14 Aug 14 0Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is usually a much less hazardous time to operate helicopters and it was also a pleasant time for the latest… Read more
