CHC Helikopter Service wins new contract with DNO for North Sea opsnews Mike Stones 29 Aug 24 0CHC Helikopter Service, the Norwegian division of CHC Helicopter, has signed a new contract with oil and gas operator DNO extending its support for operations… Read more
HI Uplift: CHC Helicopter learns lessons from the pastnews Mike Stones 1 Aug 24 0Has CHC Helicopter’s business returned to pre-Covid levels? Not bad for an opening question, I thought. But Kevin Spengler, the firm’s senior vice president, Helicopter… Read more
CHC agrees North Sea deal with Shell and supports flood relief in Brazilnews Mike Stones 31 May 24 0CHC Helicopter’s Norwegian division, CHC Helikopter Service, has agreed a 12-month contract extension with Shell to support its operations in the North Sea. While in… Read more
CHC wins contract with Equinor Brazilnews Mike Stones 10 May 24 0CHC Brasil, part of CHC Helicopter, has won a contract with Equinor Brazil to support production in the heavy oil Peregrino field in the Campos… Read more
CHC Helicopter appoints Tom Burke as its new CEOnews Mike Stones 5 Jan 24 0CHC Helicopter has appointed Tom Burke as its new CEO. Burke, who will start his new role on February 1st, replaces Jørn Madsen who has… Read more
HI Uplift: Heli demand for offshore wind sector takes off – on both sides of Atlanticinsight Mike Stones 14 Jul 23 0Helicopter demand to service the offshore wind power sector is taking off – on both sides of the Atlantic. After the US received delivery of… Read more
CHC secures new offshore contract with Wintershall Deanews Alasdair Whyte 28 Jun 19 0Helicopter operator CHC has secured a new offshore contract to provide helicopter transport for the recently-merged Wintershall Dea to and from oil rigs in the… Read more
Scott Thanisch, CHC: We need to “build sustainability”news Alasdair Whyte 2 May 19 0Scott Thanisch, CHC’s chief financial officer and senior vice president, joined the company in 2016 knowing that it was a tough time for helicopter operators.… Read more
Credit freeze hits helicopter marketinsight Alasdair Whyte 9 Sep 18 0Many people might find it hard to feel sympathy for bankers. Especially after 2008. But as the credit crunch shows, no industry can survive without… Read more
Lobo leases AW139 to CHCnews Alasdair Whyte 18 Dec 17 0Dublin-based lessor Lobo has secured a new lease agreement with CHC Helicopter for one offshore-configured Leonardo AW139. The helicopter will be based at CHC’s base… Read more
CHC signs Norwegian sea drilling contractnews Alasdair Whyte 11 Dec 17 0CHC has signed a contract with British utilities firm Centrica to provide helicopter services for its upcoming drilling programme in the Norwegian Sea. The operator… Read more
Sikorsky celebrates one year Stavanger FSL openingnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Sep 17 0Sikorsky is celebrating the first year of operations at its Stavanger Forward Stocking Location (FSL). Stavanger is home to one of the largest Sikorsky S-92… Read more
CHC gets its first H175news Alasdair Whyte 2 Aug 17 0Dallas-based operator CHC Helicopter be taking delivery of its first Airbus H175 and will place the aircraft on offshore oil and gas operations. The H175… 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
LCI concludes sale-leaseback of H225 helicopternews Terry Spruce 7 Dec 15 0LCI Helicopters has concluded the sale-and-leaseback of a second Airbus H225 helicopter delivery to CHC Helicopter. The financing of the Airbus H225 is the second… Read more
Irish Coast Guard helicopter in Sligo completes record number of missions in 2015news Terry Spruce 1 Dec 15 0The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) helicopter will have completed more than 300 search and rescue (SAR) missions by the end of this calendar year. The… Read more
CHC Group announces cancellation of rights offeringnews Terry Spruce 27 Nov 14 0The CHC Group Ltd, the parent of CHC Helicopter, has cancelled a rights offering of preferred shares in the company that had been made to… Read more
CHC Group grows revenue by 11% in last quarternews Alasdair Whyte 9 Sep 14 0CHC Group, one of the world’s biggest helicopter operators, increased its revenues in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 by 11 per cent, when… 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
What will happen to helicopter finance in 2014insight Alasdair Whyte 9 Jan 14 0After CHC, we could see more helicopter companies return to the stock market. The next 12 months will be fascinating ones for helicopter finance. CHC’s… Read more
