AerCap signs 21 helicopter lease agreements in Q2 2024news Mike Stones 8 Jul 24 0Aviation leasing specialist AerCap has revealed it signed 21 helicopter lease agreements in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024. The owner of Milestone Aviation agreed… Read more
Milestone agrees deal with NHV for four H175s and an AW169news Mike Stones 10 Jun 24 0Milestone Aviation has signed purchase assignment and leaseback agreements with NHV for four Airbus H175s and an AW169 helicopter. One H175 has already been delivered… Read more
HI Uplift: Milestone upbeat but warns against speculative ordersnews Mike Stones 31 May 24 0Milestone Aviation is upbeat about the prospects for the commercial helicopter industry but warns against over optimism and speculative orders. “The market, across all missions,… Read more
Milestone agrees deal for three Leonardo AW139s with Lufttransportnews Mike Stones 23 May 24 0Milestone Aviation has revealed signed purchase assignment and leaseback agreements for three new Leonardo AW139 helicopters with Norwegian helicopter operator Lufttransport. To be delivered next… Read more
Milestone to lease two AW169s to Northern Rescuenews Mike Stones 15 May 24 0Milestone Aviation has agreed to lease two Leonardo AW169 aircraft to New Zealand air ambulance helicopter services provider Northern Rescue Helicopter Limited. Both helicopters will… Read more
Sébastien Moulin now CCO at Milestonenews Alasdair Whyte 17 Apr 24 0Sébastien Moulin has been named chief commercial officer at Milestone Aviation. He was head of Europe and Americas for the helicopter leasing company. Moulin… Read more
HI Uplift: Helicopter Investor takes off on social medianews Mike Stones 5 Jan 24 0Sikorsky’s plans for its S-92A heavy helicopter, a senior appointment at Bell Flight and Bristow’s financial results proved three of the most popular posts on… Read more
HI Uplift: Heli demand to rise – but from growth or replacement?news Mike Stones 10 Dec 23 0Touring the European Rotors event in Madrid last week, excitement was in the air. It wasn’t just the prospect of paella and Rioja Gran Reserva.… Read more
Milestone reveals lease agreements for three AW169s at European Rotorsnews Mike Stones 28 Nov 23 0Milestone Aviation Group has revealed the signing of lease agreements with UNI-FLY Group for three Leonardo AW169 Helicopters at the European Rotors event in Madrid.… Read more
Milestone delivers Sikorsky S-92 to China General Aviation Companynews Mike Stones 9 Nov 23 0Milestone Aviation Group has delivered a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter to its new client China General Aviation Company (CGAC). Configured for offshore passenger transport, the S-92… Read more
Helicopter Investor to stage Finance Forums at European Rotors 2023news Mike Stones 5 Oct 23 0Helicopter Investor is planning two Finance Forums to be staged at the European Rotors 2023 event in Madrid next month. Under discussion will be The… Read more
HI Uplift: Pulling it out of the fireinsight Yves Le Marquand 22 Sep 22 0Wildfires burned in 19 European countries this summer. The only continent on Earth to escape them in 2022, so far, is Antarctica. Yet their impact… Read more
Sloane takes second Children’s Air Ambulance AW169 from Milestonenews Alasdair Whyte 3 Aug 22 0Milestone Aviation Group has delivered a second new AW169 helicopter Sloane Helicopters. Sloane is operating the aircraft for The Children’s Air Ambulance UK. The first was delivered… Read more
CHC forced to sell Babcock offshorenews 3 Jun 22 0The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told CHC to sell the UK parts of the Babcock offshore business it acquired last year. The… Read more
CHC, Milestone start 12-year fire and emergency contract in Western Australianews Alasdair Whyte 27 May 22 0CHC Helicopter has won a new 12-year contract with Western Australia’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES). It will provide 24 hour emergency helicopter… Read more
Ultimate HELI supports discovery of The Endurancenews Alasdair Whyte 15 Mar 22 0Ultimate HELI, the South African operator, was a key part of the team that found The Endurance, the lost vessel of Anglo-Irish explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.… Read more
Milestone delivers H145 to Ecocopter Ecuadornews Alasdair Whyte 15 Mar 22 0Milestone has delivered an Airbus H145 helicopter to Ecocopter Ecuador. Ecocopter now has three H145s but this is the first H145 to be based in… Read more
Omni Helicopters signs 11 helicopter sale and leaseback with Milestonenews Alasdair Whyte 23 Feb 22 0Omni Helicopters International has agreed sale and leasebacks on 11 helicopters with Milestone Aviation. The leases cover a mixture of new Leonardo AW139s and existing… Read more
Milestone delivers final AW139 in 26-helicopter Aramco dealnews Alasdair Whyte 8 Feb 22 0Milestone Aviation Group has delivered the last AW139 in its 21-helicopter leasing deal with Saudi Arabia’s Aramco Overseas. Aramco signed the lease deal in 2018… Read more
Year of the Tiger to test global helicopter industrynews Mike Stones 24 Jan 22 0People born in the Chinese Year of the Tiger are “courageous and energetic, love a challenge or competition and are prepared to take risks,” according… Read more