Milestone finances Bristow’s UK search and rescue helicoptersnews Terry Spruce 12 Nov 14 0Milestone has closed seven of 12 helicopter leases to Bristow Helicopters, part of Bristow Group. The helicopters will be used for civilian search and rescue… Read more
Milestone Aviation Group’s shareholders more than doubled their investmentnews Alasdair Whyte 6 Nov 14 0JZ Capital Partners, a London listed private equity fund, has said that it is expecting to make $40 million from the $15.1 million that it… Read more
Waypoint Leasing acquires 31 helicopters from First Reservenews Terry Spruce 4 Nov 14 0Waypoint Leasing will surpass $1 billion of assets as the company acquires 31 helicopters from First Reserve, the largest global private equity and infrastructure investment… Read more
LCI closes $325 million secured asset backed facilitynews Terry Spruce 2 Oct 14 0Lease Corporation International (LCI), the aviation leasing division of the Libra Group, has successfully closed a five-year, $325 million asset-backed credit facility for its helicopter-leasing… Read more
David Burke joins Singlepoint’s rotorcraft teamnews Terry Spruce 17 Sep 14 0David Burke, former senior managing director of HeliKo Aviation, has been named senior vice president of rotorcraft for SinglePoint Aircraft Finance (SinglePoint), an AGC Aerospace… Read more
Bell extends funding offer for Bell 407news Terry Spruce 10 Sep 14 0Bell Helicopter has extended the special Bell 407 financing rates for qualifying US customers who take delivery and finance by 31 December 2014. ALSO READ:… Read more
CHC Group receives $500m investmentnews Alasdair Whyte 9 Sep 14 0Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private equity firm, is investing $500 million in CHC Group, one of the world’s largest commercial helicopter operators. The investor… Read more
CHC Group grows revenue by 11% in last quarternews Alasdair Whyte 9 Sep 14 0CHC Group, one of the world’s biggest helicopter operators, increased its revenues in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 by 11 per cent, when… Read more
Waypoint increases capital base by $300mnews Terry Spruce 4 Sep 14 0Waypoint Leasing, a leading helicopter leasing company, has raised a further $300 million in term loans to refinance existing assets previously funded under its revolving… Read more
Bristow sees growth in first quarter of fiscal year 2015news Alasdair Whyte 6 Aug 14 0Bristow Group, the owner of Bristow Helicopters, reported operating revenues of $437.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2015, up 21.6 per cent… Read more
Waypoint Leasing surpassed $500 million in assetsnews Terry Spruce 5 Aug 14 0Waypoint Leasing, a helicopter leasing company, marked its first full year of operations and in July, provided a business update to the global helicopter market.… Read more
Waypoint Leasing’s $72.5m term loannews Alasdair Whyte 22 May 14 0Waypoint Leasing, an Irish-based helicopter lessor, closed a five-year $72.5 million term loan last week. The deal is the company’s first term loan since it… Read more
Waypoint closes first term loan facilitynews Terry Spruce 14 May 14 0Waypoint Leasing closes its first term loan facility, the facility was led by Goldman Sachs. Waypoint Leasing has closed on a five year $72.5 million… Read more
The helicopter demand paradoxinsight Alasdair Whyte 1 Mar 14 0Brian Foley, the aviation market analyst, has looked at Heli-Expo from an different perspective pointing out that although the commercial helicopter is booming, attendees ignored… Read more
Milestone reveals 143 helicopter portfolio worth $2.2bnnews Terry Spruce 25 Feb 14 0Milestone Aviation Group now has 143 helicopters valued at $2.2 billion and has $3 billion in forward orders. Milestone Aviation Group has now financed 143… Read more
What the helicopter finance market is thinking in 2014news Terry Spruce 14 Feb 14 0More than 200 people attended our annual helicopter finance conference in London on February 6, 2014 and we polled the audience using electronic voting pads.… Read more
Lobo Leasing receives $200 million from GSO Capitalnews Terry Spruce 12 Feb 14 0Lobo Leasing, an international helicopter lessor, has received $200 million of equity capital from GSO Capital Partners, a division of Blackstone, to develop its global… Read more
Perella Weinberg and Hawke Aerospace launch new helicopter leasing venturenews Terry Spruce 10 Feb 14 0Perella Weinberg and Hawke Aerospace launch Infinity Helicopter Leasing. Perella Weinberg Partners Asset Based Value Strategy, a unit of Perella Weinberg Partners and Hawke Aerospace… Read more
KKR invests $100 million into Lease Corporation Internationalnews Terry Spruce 16 Jan 14 0Lease Corporation International is partnering with KKR for helicopter leasing. KKR Financial Holdings is investing more than $100 million in Lease Corporation International’s helicopter leasing… Read more
Lease Corporation International takes its fifth AW139 helicopternews Terry Spruce 16 Jan 14 0LCI accepts its fifth Aw139 helicopter on behalf of Bond Offshore. Lease Corporation International’s helicopter division – launched in 2012 with a $400m order –… Read more
