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LCI and SMFL order 14 Airbus helicopters to secure supply

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Alasdair Whyte
22 May 24
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LCI and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing have ordered 14 new helicopters from Airbus as the leasing joint venture tries to guarantee supply. It is…

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LEVL Leasing closes leases on six Avincis helicopters

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Alasdair Whyte
14 Nov 23
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LEVL Leasing, the joint venture between Lobo Leasing and EMP Structured Assets, has closed a €50m sale and leaseback with Avincis. The joint venture has…

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Milestone signs three-helicopter deal with PHI

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Mike Stones
25 Oct 22
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Milestone Aviation has signed three helicopter lease agreements with PHI Aviation. The deals include the placement and extension of two Sikorsky S92 helicopters and one Leonardo…

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ITC-AeroLeasing completes Eurocopter EC225LP lease transaction

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Mike Stones
26 Sep 22
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ITC-AeroLeasing has completed a Eurocopter EC225LP lease transaction to an undisclosed US-based operator. The utility-configured heavy lift helicopter will be operated for government missions worldwide.…

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Pre-owned twin-engine helicopter sales fall 17%: Aero Asset

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Mike Stones
6 Sep 22
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Pre-owned twin-engine helicopter retail sales fell by 17% in the first six months of this year compared with the first half of 2021, according to…

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CHC Group completes $500m recapitalisation plan

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Mike Stones
22 Aug 22
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Helicopter services provider CHC Group has completed its $500m recapitalisation plan, designed to cut funded debt obligations by up to $500m. “A substantial portion” of…

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Heliconia Group takes AW139 from Milestone

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3 Aug 22
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Milestone Aviation Group has delivered a AW139 helicopter to Heliconia Group. The aircraft will be based in Senegal and used for offshore operations. Pat Sheedy,…

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Sloane takes second Children’s Air Ambulance AW169 from Milestone

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Alasdair Whyte
3 Aug 22
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Milestone 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…

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Enstrom signs Aero Facility as first sales rep in Japan

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Mike Stones
18 Jul 22
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Enstrom Helicopter Corporation has appointed Aero Facility Co as its first sales representative in Japan. Aero Facility was a long time representative of the previous…

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HI Uplift: Town Hall predicts ‘landing you can walk away from’

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Mike Stones
15 Jul 22
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Helicopter Investor’s latest Town Hall online meeting predicted a mild-to-moderate US economic recession and “a landing that you can walk away from” plus a 10%…

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Bell signs seven 505 purchase agreements with European customers

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Mike Stones
5 Jul 22
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Bell Textron has signed purchase agreements for seven Bell 505 helicopters with European customers. Two of the purchase agreements were signed by JB Investments, Poland’s…

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HI Uplift: Seeking a buyer for Babcock (and the CHC legacy)

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Mike Stones
1 Jul 22
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Babcock seeks a buyer. It’s a sale few expected and even fewer seem to want. Unless you are the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).…

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Starspeed wins UK Penzance Helicopters contract

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Mike Stones
1 Jul 22
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Starspeed, Luxaviation Group’s corporate VIP helicopter company, has won the contract to operate Penzance Helicopters’ service to the Isles of Scilly, off the UK’s south…

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LCI, RIVE and Turning Rock buy 19 helicopters from Lobo Leasing

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Alasdair Whyte
30 Jun 22
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LCI, RIVE Private Investment and Turning Rock Partners are buying 19 helicopters worth $115m from Lobo Leasing. “This portfolio acquisition is another major step in…

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HI Uplift: LEVL Leasing launched as ‘capital demand expected to climb’

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Mike Stones
27 Jun 22
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LEVL Leasing has been launched by Lobo Leasing and EMP Structured Assets to supply lease and capital solutions for helicopter and vertical lift operators, as…

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Bristow positioned for growth, as CEO ‘applies Aesop’s lessons’: analysts

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Mike Stones
13 Jun 22
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Global helicopter operator Bristow is positioned for growth next year, according to Chris Bradshaw, group president and CEO. Industry specialists consulted by Helicopter Investor (HI)…

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UK protects weak O&G companies from mighty helicopter operators

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Alasdair Whyte
4 Jun 22
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The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told CHC that it cannot own Babcock’s UK offshore business that it acquired last year. You can…

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CHC forced to sell Babcock offshore

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3 Jun 22
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The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has told CHC to sell the UK parts of the Babcock offshore business it acquired last year. The…

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HI Uplift: Enstrom to ‘hit high notes of heli production’ with Surack Enterprises

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Mike Stones
30 May 22
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Building any business is tough. But constructing a $1.5bn world-leading music business, starting from the back of your Volkswagen bus, reveals extraordinary grit, determination and…

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CHC, Milestone start 12-year fire and emergency contract in Western Australia

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Alasdair Whyte
27 May 22
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CHC 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…

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