HI Uplift: RIVE finds fresh wind from Milestone heli dealnews Mike Stones 13 Feb 26 0Power generation from North Sea wind platforms is enjoying a bit of a moment. In January, the UK government launched Europe’s biggest single procurement of offshore wind in… Read more
HI Uplift: 2026 – Year of the super medium (or not yet)?news Mike Stones 16 Jan 26 0Happy 18th birthday to the super medium helicopter. The first generally accepted super medium – the Airbus H175, originally known as the Eurocopter EC175 –… Read more
RIVE acquires four heli-portfolio from Milestonenews Mike Stones 16 Jan 26 0RIVE Private Investment has acquired a four-helicopter portfolio from Milestone Aviation. The deal includes three Leonardo AW139s and one Leonardo AW169. Three of the fleet… Read more
CHC wins crew transfer contract for Ørsted offshore wind farmnews Mike Stones 28 Aug 25 0CHC Helicopter has won a new contract from renewable energy company Ørsted to support the construction of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. Operations will… Read more
CHC wins three-year North Sea contract with Equinornews Mike Stones 18 Jul 25 0CHC Helicopter has won a three-year contract with Norwegian multinational oil giant Equinor to support its Mariner and Rosebank fields in the North Sea. Under… Read more
HI Uplift: NHV plans consolidation and growthnews Mike Stones 11 Jul 25 0Consolidation this year, growth next. That’s the plan set out by Lars-Henrik Thorngreen, CEO of NHV at our Helicopter Investor London conference last month. Eight months… Read more
NHV and Flylogix seal offshore heli and drone partnershipnews Mike Stones 7 Jul 25 0Rotary services company NHV and unmanned aviation specialist Flylogix have launched a partnership to combine offshore helicopter operations with drone services. Billed as a first-of-its-kind… Read more
HI Uplift: OHSUK’s new H175 and 1,000 SAR missions signal growth potentialnews Mike Stones 27 May 25 0Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHSUK) has taken delivery of a new customised Airbus H175 helicopter and marked its 1,000th search and rescue (SAR) mission supporting the… Read more
NHV and Vestas introduce SAF for offshore ops in North Seanews Fayaz Hussain 25 Apr 25 0Helicopter services company NHV Group and wind turbine manufacturer Vestas have teamed up to fully integrate sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its offshore operations for… Read more
HI Uplift: Milestone wins ‘one of largest North Sea tenders’news Mike Stones 17 Feb 25 0Milestone Aviation Group has won “one of the largest tenders in recent times” in the North Sea, according to its chief commercial officer, Sebastien Moulin.… Read more
HI Uplift: NHV plans growth through diversificationnews Mike Stones 31 Jan 25 0Diversification offers growth opportunities for NHV Group as the North Sea oil and gas market remains flat, according to Lars-Henrik Thorngreen, CEO of the European-based helicopter… Read more
NHV wins contract with Vestas for North Sea wind missions using H175snews Mike Stones 16 Dec 24 0NHV Group has won a multi-year contract with sustainable energy specialist Vestas for offshore wind operations in the North Sea using Airbus H175 super-medium helicopters.… Read more
Offshore Helicopter Services UK wins North Sea contract extensionnews Mike Stones 17 Sep 24 0Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHSUK) has won an eight-year contract extension to supply North Sea search and rescue (SAR) services covering up to 10,000 offshore… Read more
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: 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
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
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
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
Bristow confirms fatal S-92 North Sea crashnews Mike Stones 29 Feb 24 0Bristow Group has confirmed the crash of a search and rescue (SAR) S-92 helicopter off the coast of Norway, which resulted in one fatality and… Read more
LCI supports relaunch of Bond Helicopters with three AW139snews Mike Stones 15 Dec 23 0Operating lessor LCI is supporting the relaunch of British offshore helicopter services company Bond Helicopters with the provision of three Leonardo AW139s, according to Padraig… Read more
