HI Uplift: Bristow posts stellar Q1 resultsnews Mike Stones 9 May 25 0Bristow is off to a stellar start in 2025. The company reported its first quarter results posting a 315% year-over-year increase in net profit of… Read more
HI Uplift: GD Helicopter Finance marks first anniversary with €200m portfolionews Mike Stones 25 Apr 25 0A year after its launch, lessor GD Helicopter Finance (GDHF) is marking its anniversary having built a €200m ($229m) lease portfolio of 16 aircraft. The… Read more
Bristow and Sikorsky agree support deal for biggest S-92 fleetnews Mike Stones 25 Apr 25 0Helicopter operator Bristow has signed a long-term support deal with Sikorsky covering its 60 S-92 aircraft – the world’s biggest S-92 fleet – operating worldwide.… Read more
Longer S-92 inspection intervals ‘boost availability and lower costs’news Mike Stones 21 Nov 24 0Sikorsky S-92 helicopter operators can look forward to increased availability and lower operating costs, after the manufacturer raised the scheduled inspection intervals from 375 flight… Read more
Helicopter deliveries ‘may rise in 2025’: Bloomberg Intelligencenews Mike Stones 30 Aug 24 0Helicopter deliveries are likely to rise in 2025 after falling this year, predicts a new report from Bloomberg Intelligence (BI). More orders at Airbus and… Read more
HI Uplift: Heli help for a planet ‘literally on fire’. (Shame about rates) news Mike Stones 22 Jul 24 0Demand for firefighting helicopters has never been greater. Both the number and intensity of wildfires worldwide is fuelling the need for more aerial support –… Read more
HI Uplift: Sikorsky committed to civil helicopters for ‘many decades’news Mike Stones 5 Jul 24 0Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company pledged its long-term commitment to the civil rotary market at our recent Helicopter Investor London 2024 conference. Read more
Helicopter leasing fleet to reach 15% by 2030: IBAnews Mike Stones 23 May 24 0The leased helicopter fleet is predicted to reach 15% by 2030, after topping 10% in 2023, according to market intelligence and advisory firm IBA. More… Read more
Heli insights on post pandemic world – in three models: LCI Analyticsnews Mike Stones 21 Mar 24 0Offshore flight activity now exceeds pre-Covid levels for most types of helicopters, according to LCI Analytics. Four years on from the global pandemic, manning levels… Read more
HAI reports: As Heli-Expo returns to Anaheim, LCI Analytics picks three lessonsnews Mike Stones 28 Feb 24 0HAI Heli-Expo is back in Anaheim, Califfornia after a gap of four years. Steve Robertson, MD, LCI Analytics thinks it’s a good time to take… Read more
First Aviation Services boosts support for UH-60 Black Hawksnews Mike Stones 12 Feb 24 0MRO and parts manufacturing specialist First Aviation Services is boosting support for Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The business, head quartered in Westport, Connecticut, is… Read more
Rainbow Helicopters wins humanitarian award for Hawaii relief flightsnews Mike Stones 11 Jan 24 0Hawaiian helicopter tour company Rainbow Helicopters has received the 2024 Salute to Excellence Humanitarian Service Award, for its life-saving missions during the Maui’s wildfire crisis… 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
Sikorsky ‘committed to the S-92A and its commercial customers’news Mike Stones 12 Dec 23 0The Lockheed Martin company Sikorsky has again pledged its commitment to the manufacture and support of S-92A commercial helicopters. Leon Silva, vice president of Sikorsky’s… Read more
Sikorsky delivers first of 45 MH-60T Jayhawk airframes to US Coast Guardnews Mike Stones 1 Dec 23 0Sikorsky has delivered the first of 45 replacement MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter airframes to the US Coast Guard. This marks the launch of a 10-year programme… Read more
HI Uplift: ‘Addictive’ VIP flights to grow despite supply chain woesnews Mike Stones 27 Nov 23 0“The helicopter is a magic carpet – once you try it, it becomes very addictive,” Francesco Lazzarini, chief operating officer, HeliFlite told Helicopter Investor’s Town… Read more
HI Uplift: The Bell 525 Relentless prepares for commercial take offnews Mike Stones 5 Oct 23 0The new Bell 525 Relentless carries a heroic enough name. But it has also been a long time coming. Unveiled at the 2012 Heli-Expo Dallas,… Read more
HI Uplift: Have heavies had their day?news Mike Stones 18 Sep 23 0Pity the poor old heavy helicopter. She spends years in storage during the downturn in the offshore energy sector. Then, when oil and gas markets… Read more
HI Uplift: HAI Heli-Expo 2023 … in a nutshellinsight Mike Stones 9 Mar 23 0The Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta drew the focus of the global helicopter industry this week, as HAI Heli-Expo 2023 opened its doors to up… Read more
