LCI and SMFL order 14 Airbus helicopters to secure supplynews Alasdair Whyte 22 May 24 0LCI and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing have ordered 14 new helicopters from Airbus as the leasing joint venture tries to guarantee supply. It is… Read more
Market analysis: A brief history of helicopter leasinginsight Alasdair Whyte 13 Aug 20 0Since 2010 we have seen the launch of many new specialist helicopter leasing companies – including Milestone Aviation Group (pictured), Waypoint Leasing, Lobo Leasing, Lease… Read more
Court rules in favour of LCI in Waypoint helicopter casenews Alasdair Whyte 13 Sep 19 0The New York Bankruptcy Court has ruled in favour of helicopter lessor LCI Helicopters (the defendant) in a lawsuit filed by Macquarie Rotorcraft Leasing (the… Read more
LCI leases three AW139s to Chinanews Alasdair Whyte 3 Jul 18 0Lease Corporation International has placed its first helicopters in China, leasing three new Leonardo AW139s to Shanghai Kingwing Aviation. To help tap into increasing demand… Read more
Helicopter operating leasing ranking 2017: Top of the Opsnews Alasdair Whyte 16 Nov 17 0The big players in the helicopter market have remained unchanged since our last update in 2015. Milestone remains at the top of the ranking, with… Read more
LCI orders nine Leonardo AW helicoptersnews Alasdair Whyte 22 Jun 17 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) has ordered a further nine helicopters from Leonardo valued at $120 million. The new order comprises entirely new generation AgustaWestland helicopters… Read more
Elitaliana recieve first AW169 from LCInews Alasdair Whyte 11 Oct 16 0Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation leasing arm of the Libra Group, has delivered the first Leonardo AW169 helicopter to Elitaliana SpA. It will be… Read more
Helicopter Leasing 2015: Debt for lessors reviewnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0 Helicopter leasing companies successfully raised more than $650 million in 2015. Although this was down on 2014 and 2013, this mainly reflected GE’s acquisition of… Read more
LCI closes innovative Islamic finance facilitynews Alasdair Whyte 29 Jul 15 0LCI Helicopters has closed an innovative Islamic pre-delivery payment facility with Bank of London and the Middle East and Lloyds Bank. The facility will be… Read more
Helicopter operating leasing ranking 2014: Top of the Opsinsight Alasdair Whyte 12 May 15 0Less than five years after the launch of Milestone Aviation Group it is astonishing how fast the market for dedicated helicopter operating lessors has grown.We… Read more
3 things to know about helicopter finance in 2015news Alasdair Whyte 2 Mar 15 0As part of his presentation at Helicopter Investor London 2015, John Sheldon, a member of Lease Corporation International’s helicopter advisory board, highlighted three points that… Read more
LCI Helicopters to lease four AW139s to Westpac Rescuenews Terry Spruce 25 Feb 15 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) has entered into a multi-year agreement to lease four new AW139 helicopters to Australia’s Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. The helicopters will… Read more
LCI orders another 11 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 13 Feb 15 0Leace Corporation International has ordered another 11 AgustaWestland helicopters valued at $125 million. The new aircraft are converted from options held by the helicopter lessor,… Read more
LCI closes $325 million secured asset backed facilitynews Terry Spruce 2 Oct 14 0Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation leasing division of the Libra Group, has successfully closed a five-year, $325 million asset-backed credit facility for its helicopter-leasing… Read more
LCI places AW139 helicopter with Indwe Aviationnews Terry Spruce 7 Jul 14 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) places an AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter with South African based Indwe Aviation. Lease Corporation International has announced a new partnership with Indwe… Read more
LCI orders more AgustaWestland helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 27 Feb 14 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) orders seven AW139s and one AW189, with options for 10 more helicopters from AgustaWestland. AgustaWestland announced at Heli-Expo 2014 that it… Read more
LCI becomes launch customer for the EC225e helicopternews Terry Spruce 27 Feb 14 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) and Airbus Helicopter jointly announced at Heli-Expo 2014 that LCI will become the launch customer of the EC225e helicopter. LCI will… Read more
LCI orders another 18 AgustaWestland helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 26 Feb 14 0Lease Corporation International (LCI) has announced an order for 18 AgustaWestland helicopters valued at over $280 million. The order consists of up to fourteen AW139… Read more
International Corporate Jet & Helicopter Finance 2014: Live Blog – Day Threenews Terry Spruce 6 Feb 14 0Corporate Jet Investor brings you live helicopter coverage from International Corporate Jet & Helicopter Finance 2014 in London. Please refresh the page for the latest… Read more
KKR likes helicopters (again)insight Alasdair Whyte 16 Jan 14 0KKR invests $100 million in Lease Corporation International. I don’t know if a lot of sightseeing helicopters pass by the windows of KKR’s New York… Read more
