Waypoint places two Sikorsky S-92 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 27 Jun 16 0Waypoint Leasing has placed two new Sikorsky S-92s on lease with a global helicopter operator. “Despite a period of weak demand for oil and gas… Read more
Waypoint closes further $37 million in revolving creditnews Alasdair Whyte 12 May 16 0Waypoint Leasing has closed a further $37 million revolving credit facility with KeyBank’s Speciality Finance Lending unit. The company’s total revolving facility with KeyBank has… Read more
CHC sets hard deadlineinsight Alasdair Whyte 21 Apr 16 0CHC Group, one of the world’s two largest helicopter operators, this week announced that it had decided not to make an interest payment on its… Read more
Another $100M for Waypoint takes total financing to more than $1.85 Billionnews Alasdair Whyte 19 Apr 16 0Waypoint Leasing has closed on a $100 million term loan facility led by Lombard North Central Plc, providing for dollar, euro and sterling funding capacity… Read more
Waypoint Leasing closes $100 million term loannews Terry Spruce 19 Apr 16 0Waypoint Leasing has closed a $100 million term loan facility led by Lombard North Central Plc. The facility has a maturity of approximately six years… Read more
Public helicopter finance transactionsnews Alasdair Whyte 23 Mar 16 0Borrower: Waypoint Leasing Date: October 2015 Structure: Unsecured revolving credit facility increase Lenders: Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs & Co (existing lead arrangers SunTrust Robinson… 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
Waypoint opens new offices in Australia and Africa/Middle Eastnews Alasdair Whyte 16 Feb 16 0Waypoint Leasing will open new offices in Australia and South Africa. The company will open an office in Brisbane in April 2016, which will be… Read more
Waypoint expands unsecured revolving Credit Facilitynews Terry Spruce 22 Oct 15 0Waypoint Leasing has expanded and extended its unsecured revolving credit facility through the addition of Deutsche Bank AG and Goldman Sachs Bank USA as lenders… Read more
Waypoint Leasing orders 18 AgustaWestland helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 12 Oct 15 0Waypoint Leasing has placed an order with AgustaWestland for 18 helicopters. The aircraft, A MIXTURE OF AW169, AW139 and AW189 types, are expected to be… Read more
Waypoint Leasing acquires 20 H135 helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 9 Oct 15 0Waypoint Leasing has become the first lessor to acquire the Airbus Helicopters H135s, with an order for 20 helicopters at Helitech 2015. The 20 aircraft… Read more
Waypoint Leasing delivers first H145 to Papua New Guineanews Terry Spruce 29 Sep 15 0Waypoint Leasing has delivered the first Airbus H145 to Pacific Helicopters, Papua New Guinea. “This transaction validates the increasing importance of the H145 in meeting… Read more
Waypoint closes $200 million in capital market financingnews Terry Spruce 8 Sep 15 0Waypoint Leasing has closed on the private placement of $200 million of senior secured notes. This is Waypoint’s inaugural capital markets financing. The senior secured… Read more
Waypoint will open Rio de Janeiro office in 2016news Terry Spruce 13 Aug 15 0Waypoint Leasing will open its Latin American office in January 2016. The new office will be headed by Steffen Bay. Waypoint Leasing closes second deal… Read more
Waypoint Leasing closes second lease with Lidernews Alasdair Whyte 11 Aug 15 0Waypoint Leasing has closed its second transaction with Brazil’s Lider Taxi Aereo. The lessor has bought one Sikorsky S-92 which it will lease back to… Read more
Market analysis: Orders by helicopter leasing companies stay firminsight Alasdair Whyte 24 Jun 15 0Milestone Aviation Group’s orders at the 2015 Paris Airshow for 31 helicopters are encouraging for helicopter OEMs as it shows that leasing companies are still… Read more
Waypoint signs leasing transaction with Titan Helicopter Groupnews Terry Spruce 11 Jun 15 0Waypoint Leasing announces that it has reached a lease agreement for two helicopters with Titan Helicopter Group, a provider of helicopter services with operations spanning… Read more
Plenty of helicopter finance despite oil priceinsight Alasdair Whyte 12 May 15 0You already know the quote about bankers and umbrellas. It does not apply at the moment. A barrel of Brent Crude may only be $65.… 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
Waypoint Leasing hits 100 helicopter milestonenews Terry Spruce 20 Apr 15 0Waypoint Leasing has now has more than 100 helicopters that are on lease to 13 customers. This milestone was reached less than 24 months from… Read more
